You're putting more of your connection's supporting hardware & software under your control. With separate router you can choose what firmware to use and can be sure you're not locked out of settings because the ISP chose to remove them.
If you run firewall logs, I feel WAP's like the WRT54GS running DDWRT would provide more info than the Westell's firewall. YMMV. Last thing you want is your connection & firewall rules to stop working or disappear because the ISP pushed an update, etc... Either way works, I just like to put as little faith & control into ISP equipment as possible. DHSinclair wrote: > OK! OK! Understand. Can you share why "bridge mode" in a pending modem > is beneficial. I'm still a bit confused. At present, this topic is > really theoretical to me > until I have the "modem" in-hand or in-LAN-to-router to be able to share > what I > really see. Dang! Why is this stuff still so tough? > Must be to scare clowns like me away......Never! LOL! > Best, > Duncan > > At 15:01 10/12/2007 -0400, you wrote: > >> Because most routers offer BETTER IMPLEMENTATION AND >> CONTROL than any DSL modem! >> >> BRIDGE MODE, BRIDGE MODE!!! >> >> DHSinclair wrote: >> > >> > I have not re-tried the reorder yet. Spent the last >> several hours >> > reading the pdf's for the Westell and 2Wire modems. >> First thing I >> > notice is that xdsl modems have gotten much more >> complex in the last 6 >> > years! Firewalls, DHCP, Port forwarding, DMZ, USB, >> Sheesh. Beginning >> > to wonder why I bought a new router...... :) >> > >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> >> Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get >> listings, and more! >> http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 > > > This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow
