[Techtalk] ADSL modems

[Kathryn Hogg]

Elwing said:
>> A lot of these ADSL modems seem to have built-in routers as well.  Not
>> being a network guru, how would that complicate things, to connect a
>> router to a router?  Would it make things harder to set up?  It they
>> both have NAT, how would I unconfuse things?
>
> The newer ones here in the US do as well, but you can configure them to
> act as a dumb bridge (read the manual or ask your ISP for how).
> Sometimes, the ISP will dumb it down for you before they ship it,
> sometimes not.  Mine have all had a console port (serial) and I could
> use my laptop and minicom and login to change the configuration.

Not all of them can do the half bridging.  The ActionTek that I got from
qwest is a horrible piece of crap.  It can't do half bridging and it will
not route to the public IP address from the internal network.

-- 
Kathryn
http://womensfooty.com