New modem and iptables...

[John Summerfield]

Antonio wrote:
> 2007/10/21, John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org>:
>> Antonio wrote:
>>> I installed a new modem ADSL2+ that doesn' t need pppo any longer
>>> because it starts connection by himself
>>>
>> I expect your "modem" is actually a router, and that you can just turn
>> your Linux firewall off. The router performs firewall and NAT functions
>> that are perfectly adequate for most people.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
>>
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>>
>>
> 
> no...when I say modem,I mean modem, even if can start connection by itself...
> What is funny is that it has a DHCP server even if it has just a
> single Ethernet port  :-)

I have a so-called modem, but it really is a router. Like yours, it has 
a single ethernet port. Mine's an iconnect 622, and it does pppoe, 
pppoa, dhcp, dns relay and some other stuff. However, I set it to 
bridging mode and do the pppoe myself.

If you want to persuade me it's a modem, better name it;-)




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Cheers
John

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