ADSL with USB

Alfred alfred at mazuma.net.au
Mon Nov 11 14:16:42 EST 2002


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You sure can, but the ADSL modem has a nasty habbit of bridging ALL
ethernet cells it sees. It also makes hacking back via the ADSL modem
easier :) Maybe I am just paranoid ;)

Andrew Bartlett wrote:
| On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 02:06:19PM +1100, Alfred wrote:
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|>| Avoid the USB modem if you can.  The Ethernet modem will come wtih a
|>| NIC to install into your computer when the tech turns up.. but that's
|>| ok.. you can pull it out when they go.
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|>Make sure you don't plug the ethernet based ADSL modem straight into a
|>HUB, always run it via a dedicated eth interface on your router box :-)
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| Why?  You can terminate the PPPoE stream anywhere on that etherent lan.
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| Andrew Bartlett
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