Quoting Robert Wallner, from the post of Sat, 19 Oct: > I don't know if you ppl don't already know this, but the so called > alcatel "modems" are in fact routers with some features disabled. I
no news, we had the "howto" published on the list a few months back. the one thing you forgot to mention is that the "Pro" mode makes it much more vulnerable to carcking from the outside, since it gets a real IP all of a sudden. another option (if you are rich) is to get an S-Box (www.s-box.com), or if you are poor, a 4 port 10/100 hub and pptp router from linksys: http://linksys.com/Products/product.asp?grid=23&prid=20 and other such neat router/packet filter/switch combos that are $45-$80 on Amazon and other places (search "DSL router"). some of them even have IPSEC and can connect you to the Office CP FW-1 based VPN server. in any case, Alcatel, is NOT a very good idea, security-wise. -- Don Quixote and Abraham Lincoln rolled into one Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ This post is encrypted twice with ROT-13. Documenting or attempting to crack this encryption is illegal.
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