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On 2009-08-08, David <david@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Been using Bellsouth which is now AT&T for the last 6 years. |
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> You should get a modem from them, I have a Westell 6100; |
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> http://www.amazon.com/Westell-6100-ADSL2-Modem-Router/dp/B000QPPY0A |
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> It has two ways to use it Ethernet or usb, use Ethernet and |
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> disable the usb. Set up in bridge mode to a WRT54GL; |
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If you have a modem that runs in bridge mode rather than in |
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router/NAT-firewall mode, then make sure you have a firewall |
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between "you" and the modem. Something like the above |
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mentioned WRT54GL works swimmingly (especially if you replace |
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the factory firmware with something like OpenWRT). |
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Do not connect your desktop machine directly to a bridge. |
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It's possible to harden a desktop such that it can be |
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more-or-less safely connected to a bridge, but if the OP had |
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that sort of expertise, he wouldn't have asked the question he |
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asked. ;) |
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Grant |