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Article #11Re: Bitsurfr ISDN modem & Linux PPP - success ?
From: Michael Ferrara
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 22:21
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 22:21
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It is beyond me. If you need a PL25 as a router, than you DON'T need any other machine to be a router. Why have TWO routers (assuming a small LAN)? Hey, a Linux box is perfectly capable of routing packets, so why spend $650 on another one? The PL25 is made for people that want the ISP to do the admin for them, and to "give" them IP addresses to use. Here's why you might: 1) Linux's firewalling capability is really nice. 2) You can buy a cheap PL50HX or PL25HX, and IP_MASQUERADE. Some service providers make you pay for the size of your subnet. 3) After spending 80 hrs jerking with Ascend on one end, and a Combinet PC1060 on the other I gave up and spent the extra $400 for a PL50HX. See my post for details. Mike Ferrara M/S 4USS HP Microwave Instruments Div R&D 1400 Fountain Grove Pkwy Santa Rosa, CA 95403-1799 (707) 577-4479 mikef@sr.hp.com PGP Key Fingerprint = EC F3 52 79 9C 00 0F 78 00 38 28 CC 72 3C 2D 1C
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!canyon.sr.hp.com!news From: mikef@rtfm.sr.hp.com (Michael Ferrara) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.isdn Subject: Re: Bitsurfr ISDN modem & Linux PPP - success ? Date: 08 Jan 1996 14:21:32 -0800 Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co. Microwave Instruments Div. Message-ID: <wjkwx72fhub.fsf@rtfm.sr.hp.com> References: <4aut38$k4k@gear.torque.net> <30DF0D1E.31423DF5@earthlink.net> <4ceq4l$b0r@swifty.cfa.org> <4cj60h$ktd@tbd120.tbd.ford.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rtfm.sr.hp.com In-reply-to: Chris \"Big-Kahuna\" Rampson's message of 5 Jan 1996 12:36:33 GMT X-Newsreader: (ding) Gnus v0.85