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.
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Cards are bad ...
Date: 2004-03-24 05:19 pm (UTC)Surges. (having lost a modem to a lightning strike)
Re: Cards are bad ...
Date: 2004-03-24 07:01 pm (UTC)Excellent point.
Well, people recommend the Draytek Vigor series, and TPG offer the 2500 for a cheapish price for new customers, so it looks like that's the go. 4 port goodness, so I can get more static IPs if one proves insufficient, or throw in a wireless network outside the firewall, or a dial-in box, or whatever. All good.
sol.
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