On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:35:05AM +1000, Phill O'Flynn (Bigpond) wrote: > > I have used both the modems Glen suggested but have found DLink to be > less glitchy. They have built in firewall features (though basic) and > also a dhcp server. As I understand it (though someone with more > knowledge can correct me) that this type of firewall is more efficient > and secure. >
If you are going to have a Linux box there anyway acting as the gateway, you probably will want it to run the DHCP, but more importantly, it will probably manage a much better firewall (with more level of sophistication) than your normal run of ADSL modem. Glen -- ======================================================================== Glen Lewis Sydney, Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (+61) 418 934 405 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
