You are looking at it from a particular perspective but when you look at it from the perspective of running transparent bridging, it becomes a real obstacle. In other words, if you want to run DMZ, it's fine. If you want to run your own network and not rely upon a stilted appliance for services such as DHCP & BIND, then the Actiontec or the now aging Cisco 678 (who can forget code red) is infinitely more versatile. Craig On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 13:30 -0800, keith smith wrote: > I've worked with the 2wire product and had an actiontec 3 or more yeas > ago as a replacement to the cisco 678. > > My Actiontec never worked right. > > The 2wire product however is a work of art! > > > > > Jim wrote: > keith smith wrote: > > I think you can do so by going into the manager and setting > the bridging > > mode. This is not a supported setup by 2wire support. > > > > They have excellent equipment that is very feature rich. > Support will > > only help you get connected to the internet. > > > > I think there is a paid for service that will do more. You > would have > > to ask them. > > > > > > They usually answer in less than 2 minutes. > > I have the Qwest.net service, but I got it when they were > sending out > thet Actiontec router. I'd suggest either having them send you > an > Actiontec router or buying one of your own. > > The Actiontec box works and is fairly easy to set up. Why > would anyone > ditch it in favor of something that doesn't work as well? It > especially > doesn't make sense to send that 2wire thing out to a business > customer. > > Go figure. > > -- > > > "That income tax you know it's nothing more than legal > robbery" > Sidney "Pa" Larkin > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > Keith Smith > A link from my website to yours > Submit Your Metro Phoenix Website > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Get your own web address. > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Craig White --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss