And these are 'real' ADSL modems? Well, I guess I've just never seen one where I couldnt connect administratively and set the modem to a gateway mode of some kind.
Not all allow easy access to the admin interface. Some I've had to search forums for very specific directions on how to do it. I've been able to do this with every ADSL modem I've ever used - but granted, thats certainly not accounting for each and ever type out there. On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Oliver Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, certainly some cant. I have a pile here and several just wont do > much more than port forwarding. The BT adsl one I have here does do DMZ > mode which claims to forward all traffic to an internal machine, but > insists the internal machine is DHCP based and the firewall here insists > its external ports are static based. > > Grrrr. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 February 2008 15:52 > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: [OT] Quick, adsl ethernet modem recommendation > > Cant just about any ADSL modem act as a gateway? > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Oliver Marshall > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > <Eeek> > > > > > > > > Can anyone recommend an Ethernet adsl modem that will simply pass all > the > > traffic it gets on the external interface back to a separate firewall? > We > > have a watchguard x55e here doing the nitty gritty, but due to a freak > chain > > of events both our SDSL line and our backup ADSL modem have gone POP!. > > > > > > > > I now need an Ethernet adsl modem for the working backup line, but > that will > > pass all the traffic back to the watchguard so that it will do the VPN > > stuff. > > > > > > > > Oh, and I need to get it ordered before 4pm GMT :S > > > > > > > > </Eeek> > > > > > > > > Olly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
