Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread John Hasler
Doofus writes: > Well, I didn't understand John's closing sentence at all and still don't, > unless the reference to upgrading linux to debian was tongue-in-cheek > humour. Some appliance routers run customized versions of Linux (usually on an ARM cpu). I was suggesting upgrading such things to D

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread Doofus
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:17:45AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Doofus writes: ...for the home DSL market there are far more examples of combined modem-routers than seperate components. All that I know of can be configured in "bridge mode", disabling the router

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:17:45AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Doofus writes: > > ...for the home DSL market there are far more examples of combined > > modem-routers than seperate components. > > All that I know of can be configured in "bridge mode", disabling the router > and firewall functions.

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread John Hasler
Doofus writes: > ...for the home DSL market there are far more examples of combined > modem-routers than seperate components. All that I know of can be configured in "bridge mode", disabling the router and firewall functions. As most run closed-source software of unknown quality, it's best to do

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread Doofus
John Hasler wrote: Doofus writes: Any chance of an example or two of these "free-OS based" routers? I'm running a stripped-down Sarge on an old Aptiva. I used to use a smoothwall box and a switch. No wireless there though. I'm in the market for a new 802.11g DSL modem/router

Re: OT - DSL routers - (was "how to compute number bytes downloaded?")

2005-07-26 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 02:41:25 +0100 Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Waldner wrote: > > >Do `ifconfig -a`, note the sent and received bytes of the proper > > network device, do another after finishing with your "usual" network > > > > session. Compute. Watch out for 32-bit - counter ov

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-26 Thread John Hasler
Doofus writes: > Any chance of an example or two of these "free-OS based" routers? I'm running a stripped-down Sarge on an old Aptiva. > I'm in the market for a new 802.11g DSL modem/router A modem, a router, and an 802.11g transceiver are three different things. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSC