[Same thread ish] [ILUG] adsl router modem combo

Ulysees Ulysees at ulysees.com
Mon Oct 7 10:43:03 IST 2002


having great fun trying to find a dumb ADSL modem with Ethernet
presentation, everybody wants to sell routers but I intend on doing pppoe
from another device, something with more than one Ethernet port would be
nice.
anybody got any recommendations ?

Uly

----- Original Message -----
From: <joefitz at netsoc.ucd.ie>
To: <decdelmur at iol.ie>
Cc: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [ILUG] adsl router modem combo


> It seems to only support PPPoA and not PPPoE. You need one that supports
> PPPoE, if you want torun it in routed IP mode. If you are using it as a
> bridge, it'll probably work, but you'd be left leaving the computer on,
> which would defeat the purpose of getting a router.
>
> The best router I've come accross is the Zyxel 643. Eircom supply this,
> but if you have alook online you can probably find it cheaper to buy
> online from America or the UK.
>
> Hope this is useful,
> Joe
>
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