On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Gordon Messmer wrote:

> "John D. Hardin" wrote:
> > > The network model does NAT itself, so it's basically a secure
> > > firewall/hub all by itself.
> > Bah.
> 
> <Eric Cartman voice> That's what I said. </Eric Cartman voice>
> 
> > <paranoia>
> > Don't trust it. Who knows what vendor support backdoor passwords are
> > on it? What if it doesn't properly implement NAT for a protocol you
> > want to use?
> 
> Exactly, I'm looking for better modems.  EllTell is offering those for
> $99.  What do you use?

Me personally? I live where these fancy-schmancy broadband access
solutions aren't available yet. :(

However, the install I did for my company uses a Cisco DSL modem.
700-something series IIRC, which I probably don't.

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