Unbiased view - It all depends on what you want to pay. The Cisco 827 is a nice little router, is simple to setup, has a stack of features and will work stand-alone, but if you want to keep costs down then run a Linux box with PPPoE to a ADSL modem.
Your carrier will probably give you the option of a DSL modem. There are plenty of others around - some do NAT, many do firewalling of some sort. Matt At Monday, 1/10/2001 05:06 PM (+1000), Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: >All, >my ISP finally is putting equipment into "my" exchange. > >The ISP is offering a package deal that comes with a >Cisco 827 DSL router. > > * Should I rather use a modem? > > * Wouldnt that be a little overkill considering Linux IP filtering > and/or masquerading? > > * If modem, what modems are suggested (PPPoA)? > > >Comments please (and URL's?). > >thanks >jobst > > > > > > >-- >Howard's conjecture: The total dinner check of a party eating dutch will never equal >the total of what each diner admits to having eaten. > > __, Jobst Schmalenbach, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Technical Director > _ _.--'-n_/ Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L > -(_)------(_)= +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
