Multi-drop PPPoE (Re: [ale] Mindspring/Earthlink DSL and linux?)

[Thompson Freeman]

I haven't played with it yet - but the box claims to include some sort of
packet firewall protection of the network which is configurable. How
effective the protection is could only be determined by experiment, and
I lack the personal skills to do a good job of that.

Other ALE list members have pointed out that there are alternatives. I
haven't checked them out at this time, however.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Wandered Inn wrote:

> Thompson Freeman wrote:
> > 
> > I'll make the assumption that you are willing to to leave the linux box
> > on. If so, you can use NAT on the linux box to serve the mac.
> > 
> > I also am investigating for a daughter a little box from linksys which
> > does the same thing at about $250 upfront. This might be a better solution
> > for many people (like those who don't want the challenge of writing their
> > own firewall scripts.)
> 
> So you're assuming that the $250 box does provide some kind of
> protection?
> 
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> Microsoft != Innovation
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