This brings up yet another question about Sprint and DSL. They don't seem to offer a layer 2 device like the cable modem companies do, rather a router which, I imagine, has the publicly routable IP address on the outside then it probably barfs back private IPs on the "lan" side via DHCP. Is this how the system works? Is the Sprint DSL router pre-configured for NAT? Which IP ranges does it use by default? Does the Sprint router support more than one IP address on the LAN side? Can the router be configured to pass ports though the router to a device behind the router (specifically I'm thinking of ssh here)?
Questions questions.
I'm currently using Bellsouth so I can only speak to them... you get a modem and the software to install on your PC. Any router/firewall you use you buy.. I've used both Netgear and Linksys successfully. Using them the answer to all of your questions is basically 'Yes'.
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