Good point:
- last time I looked at PCI cards under Linux, ran into PPPoA issues - the Linux drivers for the cards we were testing were only 1/2 written
- the initial email also indicated 2x nics so assumed this was a preference - the old story, if you assume you make an ass-u-me - should have known better - OK, will shut up now...

-----Original Message-----
From: Regan Murphy [mailto:regan.murphy@oasystems.co.nz]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:17 PM
To: d simak; Chris Day
Cc: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
Subject: RE: which modem is best (linux)

Surely an internal PCI ADSL modem would be the easiest to set up for
this purpose. You don't need to mess around with VPNs and NAT and other
nasty things - the PCI card should appear as an eth interface and should
be assigned the real world ip address. I imagine it would also be the
cheapest option too? As for performance and speed PCI Card vs Router
might be an issue though as I remember arguments about quality and power
consumption etc.

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Regards,
Regan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On
Behalf Of d simak
Sent: Monday, 4 August 2003 12:52 p.m.
To: Chris Day
Cc: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
Subject: RE: which modem is best (linux)
Thanks Chris,
Do the Nokia Ni500 support 1/2 bridge mode ?
there are a few listed on Trademe for a good price ..
all i want is something to take the ADSL off the phone line
and present it to one of my nics ,(no fancy stuff like ports or
firewalling as i leave all that to the linux Box)
i would be pleased to read any other advice concerning such a setup 
Regards
Dean
On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 10:47, Chris Day wrote:
> Suggest you keep it simple as far as hardware is concerned and use the
> power of Linux to take care of routing, firewall, etc. Products like 
> DSL500 or DSE XH1149 in 1/2 bridge mode (so real world IP ends up at 
> your box) are the shot (even an old Nokia Ni500 would probably do). 
> You don't need fancy things like NAT/NAPT, ports, etc - leave Linux to
> do all that. All you need is something to take ADSL off the phone line
> and present it to your inbound (WAN) 10/100Mbps UTP NIC port - and if 
> hardware only runs at 10Mbps, thats no problem either - ADSL is simply
> not that fast.
> 
> Now if it was a Win box, I'd be looking for some form of hardware 
> firewall...
> 
> Rgds, Chris...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: d simak [mailto:greylake@spunge.org]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:29 AM
> To: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
> Subject: which modem is best (linux)
> 
> 
> Hello all ,
>    
> I am new to ADSL,and do not yet have a connection,i wish to know what
> available modems will work best with my Linux Box which will have two
> nics and perform firewall nat etc for the lan and any other helpfull 
> advice.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Dean
> 
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