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My parents have Verizon DSL and that Westell modem thing. It gets the job
done, usually. I actually think that the modem itself is a fairly reliable
piece of equipment, it is the software that they ship that is the main
problem (and the cause of all of my parents' troubles with it). But, it
sounds like you aren't going to be using their software so you should be in
luck (the connection works generally well with the built in WinXP software
and whatever is controlling the old Lucent RG-1000). Don't count on the
Verizon thing having and built in firewall. They usually send a very basic
unit (cheaper that way).
As for gateways, a friend of mine loves his Linksys. I don't know the model
off the top of my head, but, I can find out. I know that Linksys has a 4 or
5 port hub that is also a cable/dsl router and might also have one with a
wireless option. Beyond that, I have had very good luck with the
Lucent/Agere/Proxim RG-1000 (don't know if they are even still being
produced).
As for the firewall, listen to Chris H.
-b
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Edward M. Corrado
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 9:07 AM
To: Philadelphia Linux Users Group
Subject: [PLUG] Verizon DSL
I know from recent discussions on this list, a few of the members have
Verizon DSL. I finally broke down and ordered it. At my house, it was the
only provider of "residential" DSL I could find. I was really hoping to
get Speakeasy, but oh well.....
Anyway, I just received an e-mail from Verizon saying they shipped me a
"Westell DMT ADSL Modem- Online." Does anyone have any experience with
this modem? I went to Westell's web site and they have a few different
models, but from the information Verizon gave me, I don't know what they
are sending me for sure. I noticed one model (the 2100) has a built in
firewall, but I'm not sure if A) that is the one I'm getting, or 2) how
good/configurable the firewall is. My guess is they'll send me one without
any added features, since they cost less.
I think what I'll end up doing is throwing a few NICs into a 266 Mhz PII I
have laying around and run a firewall on it. I'm leaning towards using one
of those "firewall/router" linux on a floppy distros for this. Any advice
on which one to use? Besides the firewall, it might make sense for me to
run a DHCP server on it as well - is that a good idea or I am better off
keeping things separate? I'm sure I can come up with another old PC to be
a DHCP server if that is a better idea.
Since my iBook has a wireless card, I'd like to get a wireless access
point. Can anyone recommend one? I'd like to have something with decent
distance, since I have a pretty big back yard, however, I'd rather not
spend lots of money. I'll probably get an x86 laptop sometime with a
wireless card, but for now I just plan on using my iBook (with OS X and
YellowDog) as far as wireless goes.
Ed C.
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