John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Aug 3 11:25:41 CDT 2004
Is this thing Linux and the firewall, or do I have to get Linux installed and functioning, then install this? John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of ACTEBS Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:50 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Anyone have a SpeedStream 5260 DSL modem? Drew, I think you'll find there are more elegant solutions to this. I would recommend you leave the modem as just that a fully bridged modem that hooks up to smoothwall, a linux based firewall with a wonderful browser based administering tool. You can check it out at www.smoothwall.org All you need is an old PC 486 or better with 64Meg of RAM 2 x network cards and you're away. So simple to set up and so much more secure than those inbuilt firewalls the modems come with. I've been using it for the past 6 months and have been blown away by it's flexibility and robustness...Best of all it's free - can't do better than that! HTH Vlad www.actebs.com.au -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DWUTKA at marlow.com Sent: Saturday, 31 July 2004 8:05 AM To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] OT: Anyone have a SpeedStream 5260 DSL modem? Just curious. Had to jump through some hoops with my DSL provider, and in the end, I ended up with a new DSL account, which still has static IP's, but uses PPPoE. A complete pain. Didn't want to install EnterNet 300, so I bit the bullet, and tried the hack to upgrade my DSL modem into a full blown DSL Modem/Router (firewall, PPPoE, DNS, etc.). Had to do some web research to pull it off, but if anyone on the list has a SpeedStream 5260 (which has an actual model number that says 5660), let me know, I can give you exact steps (and the firmware upgrades you'll need) to pull off the upgrade. Drew -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com