[wellylug] adsl modems
Peter Jones
PeterJ at indeserve.co.nz
Fri Jul 4 11:04:14 NZST 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Centurion Computer Technology Ltd
> [mailto:centurion at paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Friday, 4 July 2003 11:02
> To: wellylug
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] adsl modems
>
>
> On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 21:27, Don Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 10:24, Centurion Computer Technology
> Ltd wrote:
> > > But makes it a whole lot more difficult for tracking the
> ip address of
> > > the machine on jetstart (dynamic ip). I want easy access
> via ssh and I
> > > don't trust the external modems firewall and nat.
> >
> > I too am on an ISP helpdesk - I _strongly_ advise staying
> well clear of
> > usb and internal dsl modems, they can be very problematic.
> We recommend
> > using externals We tend to recomend the micronet brand as they are
> > inexpensive and have a 'dmz' function which makes the modem pass
> > everything to an internal host (but there are others that
> do the same) -
> > it still does nat but works well (the closest you can get
> to bridging
> > with pppoa) - ive personally installed quite a gateways behind these
> > modems including ipsec and pptp vpn (client to server and
> site to site).
>
> I would still prefer the internal modem. By the way I am starting to
> resell the Pulsar internal ADSL modem which has good linux driver
> support, and currently has a open source GPL driver under developement
> for it. See http://www.traverse.com.au/general/adslfabs.asp for more
> info:
>
> Regards,
> --
> Daniel Reurich
> Centurion Computer Technolgy Limited
>
> Ph: (04) 565 1832
> (025) 374 387
>
> email: centurion at paradise.net.nz
Is that not your answer, then? If you're selling the product then it
must be the one you believe in :-)
I would certainly be reluctant to buy one of these from you if you
couldn't use/trust it for your own requirements
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