Hi J,

Personally, I like the manageability, hardware firewall, and other robust
configuration features of my external Cisco 678!  I wouldn't trade it for
anything else at this point for ADSL!  BTW, Qwest's new offering, the
Actiontec R1520SU, is rather inflexible when it comes to configuration!


On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, J.Francois wrote:

> I have SpeakEasy DSL and their policy is if you want to manage your own
> DSL router/modem and need support, you can do it and pay them extra for consultant
> support fees.
>
> I am sure other ISPs would be pissed at losing revenue to a device like this.
>
> I have a stack of DSL routers ( SDSL,IDSL,ADSL ) and I am tired of
> the costs involved. Besides I like the idea of being able to apply
> firewall/proxy settings to a card in a box instead of managing
> a seperate config for a router.
>
> YMMV.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 12:05:10AM -0400, alandd@mindspring.com wrote:
> > On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:29:36 -0700 "J.Francois" <frenchie@magusnet.com> wrote:
> > > I have been waiting a long time to get rid of
> > > my stack of DSL
> > > routers and finally a product has come along to
> > > help make that happen.
> > > I don't know how many of you have ADSL but the
> > > ability
> > > to have better controls for firewalling and
> > > traffic in general make this
> > > card look promising.
> > >
> > > http://www.sangoma.com/adsl.htm
> > >
> > > NOTE: I have no connection to Sangoma. I just
> > > think that their
> > >       products rock for Networking on a budget.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jean Francois - JLF Sends...This sig is not
> >
> > Interesting.  So this could be in my firewall box providing the external net
> > connection and a standard NIC to my internal net.  Nice.
> >
> > I have a question about this, however.  Generally, as I have shopped around
> > for DSL, the ISP or line provider will dictate what "DSL modem" you can use.
> > Some even mandate what modem you have to use.  If I were to use one of these
> > cards, how do I get my ISP to approve/allow it's use?
> >
> > Alan "Tired of buying a new DSL modem everytime a switch providers."
>
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