Nick,

As you said, you didn't re-read the article.

The point is that the Netgear 314 router (and the equivalent Zyxel 31x) now
have an official firmware upgrade to cater for the proprietary 3Com PPPoE
issue, thus enabling them to work with the 3Com dual link modem.

Given that the NetGear 314 is relatively cheap, and also includes a 4 port
10/100baseT switch, it seems to be a very good solution for those of us who
don't necessarily want to put together a dedicated Linux box.

Apart from not necessarily wanting to mess about configuring Linux and
having to have a spare CPU available, some of us might not want to have
another noisy PC running in the corner 24/7.

Furthermore, it seems to me that the above solution also gives the greatest
flexibility in hardware investment. ie: a standard ethernet switch / router
box and a seperate ethernet/USB ADSL modem.
Apart from the flexibility, instead of investing similar (or more) money in
a dedicated ADSL router, the NetGear also has a 10/100 switch instead of the
basic 10baseT hub built into most dedicated ADSL routers.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick@taxlawyer.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2001 12:40 p.m.
To: Greg Clare; 'Brian Gibbons'; ADSL Email list
Subject: RE: IP sharing devices...

without rereading the Barrera article/page, wasn't the point that the 3com
modem uses proprietary PPPoE. The Netgear etc are not adaptable to the 3com
protocol without difficulty, but linux/BSD can, because you can tweak the
PPPoE software (through a conf file in roaring penguin or through a
recompile in the kernel-land version.)

Therefore the problem with the netgear router iirc is that it won't easily
interoperate with the 3com dual -link.

Correct me if I am wrong by all means :-)

--On Tuesday, 6 March 2001 11:47 +1300 Greg Clare <greg.clare@dse.co.nz>
wrote:

>
> Please advise what is wrong with the NetGear RT314 for ADSL usage???
>
> I assumed from the previous link that described the 3Com Dual Link
> proprietary PPPoE issues, that the NetGear RT314 + 3Com Dual Link
> combination would make a good shared ADSL solution for those not wanting
> to setup a dedicated Linux box. The RT314 also having the benefit of
> providing a built in 10/100 switching hub for your LAN.
>
> That link again...
> http://www.bbarrera.com/networks.htm
>
> Greg

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