[c-nsp] DSL router recommendation

[Church, Charles]

Yeah, I agree with that.  My father in upstate NY has DSL from Verizon,
and they provide a Westell device that acts as a DHCP server and does
NAT/PAT, much like a Linksys/DLink/whatever router, although there is
just one inside ethernet port on it.  I didn't see any way to disable
the routing, and have it assign a routable address to the inside device.
You can probably make the 'inner' router a DMZ device and get the VPN to
work, but it's just asking for trouble in the long run.

Chuck 


-----Original Message-----


I can't second that.

It is more flexible (what if we switch to cable internet...), but not
likely to be more reliable.  Add to that the mess of more wires due to
the
daisy chaining and increased complexity in troubleshooting (is it the
modem or the router?).