On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cant just about any ADSL modem act as a gateway?
No. :) Some ADSL modems are simply bridges. They don't have an IP routing functionality at all. They get frames from the DSL wire (typically something that smells like ATM) and bridge them to Ethernet. The frames on the Ethernet side will either by regular IP-over-Ethernet packets, or PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet), in which case your equipment has to be a PPPoE client. Some ADSL modems do embed a router in them, so that the frames from the DSL wire are received and processed at the IP layer. Then appropriate IP traffic However, some of those modem+router combos assume you will be using an RFC-1918 private address space and NAT, and thus don't have any option to turn NAT off. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
