On Thu, December 22, 2005 8:20 pm, Steve Holdoway said: > On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:33:56 +1300 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thursday 22 December 2005 10:22, Steve Holdoway wrote: >> > ... can anyone recommend a replacement for an ipcop installation - I >> > need the three ethernet channels internally. >> http://www.gibraltar.at/ >> >> Never used one myself, but it claims to do what you want. >> >> -- >> CS > > Sorry, obviously not explaining myself too well. I'm perfectly happy with > ipcop, it's the usb adsl modem I want to replace, just to proce to telstra > clear that it's their connectivity that's cr*p, or not. There's no problem > with the 'statelessness of a web connection, but these breaks are locking > up my outgoing ssh and vpn ( that's NOT supported! ) connections to the > States, Europe and Diamond Harbour, all at the same time. > > Using an usb modem allows me to have 3 separate internal networks which I > need - using an ethernet - based router would lose me one of those > ethernet ports. > > I could go to smoothwall ( actually, I'd probably use m0n0wall in > preference ), but at the moment, I just want to replace the usb ADSL > modem. > > Given the time, I'd build up an all singing system based on m0n0wall and a > soekris 4801 ( http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm ), with an extra PCI > network card, and a minipci wireless card. 'Cos that would be fun as well! >
Yes, those soekris boxes are neat aren't they :) > Cheers, > > Steve >
