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>>>>> "Tanveer" == Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tanveer> On 12/2/05, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hope this helps, feedback welcome.
Tanveer> I guess for a newbie, rather than going into bridge mode
Tanveer> and using pppoe client on system, we can simply put the
Tanveer> comp in ethernet mode and let the router do the
Tanveer> pppoe. Using rp-pppoe etc., runs into issues many times.
You're right, at least about the comparative complexity of using PPPoE
vs routing modes. However, using PPPoE (on the host) does have the
following advantages:
1. You get a routable IP and, if you really want, can expose services
to your friends on the Internet. For instance, you can put up files
for downloading on your Apache web server and give people the IP to
download them from temporarily.
2. You control the connection. I use the 590NU (night unlimited)
plan, where MTNL requires me to restart the connection at midnight and
0800. If I use the router mode, I have to physically switch the 502T
off and on. OTOH, with host PPPoE mode I have a simple cron entry
that does the switching (poff; pon) automagically at 00:05 and 07:58,
with me blissfully asleep.
3. In general, i prefer to have control over my connections rather
than some piece of hardware about which I know next to nothing. To
take an example, in host PPPoE mode, the 502T is inaccessible from the
Internet, and people cannot exploit any weaknesses in it. In router
mode, however, the 502T is exposed to the 'net and potentially
vulnerable to exploits.
Regards,
- -- Raju
- --
Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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