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On Thu, 08 May 2003, Bradley Molnar wrote:
> 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).
I have a Belkin router (not wireless, but they have them) which has a
firewall. There's also another brand that was about $20 more for the
same thing that a friend recommended (Netgear?). Staples has them if
you're curious about what's out there.
Verizon just did a speed increase (if the distance to the CO and other
factors were okay) and price drop (for everyone), and has an active
users hieararchy. I've been okay with them, but didn't get the speed
increase.
There's a Linux group, a adsl group, and a security group that are worth
keeping an eye on.
>
> 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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