ADSL modems
Mar. 24th, 2004 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tyggerjaiSo we're finally getting ADSL.
And I figure it's almost cheaper, given our setup, to get an ADSL router and retire the firewall box. The main requirement, of course, being less electricity :)
The router needs at least 2 ethernet ports (external network, internal network), and the ability to preferably to port filtering on both - I want $SMALLNUM ports available on the external network, and 0 ports on the internal - no external connections accepted at all, from either the real internet or the external network (since that's the point of an external/internal split...)
Any recommendations? The D-link DSL504 seems to fit the bill, though in the future we'll probably want wireless, so it might be worth grabbing a wireless one now if there's no significant quality tradeoff.
Or would a $100 ADSL card and a diskless LRP based firewall do a cheaper, better job?
sol.
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And I figure it's almost cheaper, given our setup, to get an ADSL router and retire the firewall box. The main requirement, of course, being less electricity :)
The router needs at least 2 ethernet ports (external network, internal network), and the ability to preferably to port filtering on both - I want $SMALLNUM ports available on the external network, and 0 ports on the internal - no external connections accepted at all, from either the real internet or the external network (since that's the point of an external/internal split...)
Any recommendations? The D-link DSL504 seems to fit the bill, though in the future we'll probably want wireless, so it might be worth grabbing a wireless one now if there's no significant quality tradeoff.
Or would a $100 ADSL card and a diskless LRP based firewall do a cheaper, better job?
sol.
.