[luau] Re: Configuring Router

[Dan George]

Interesting. So you can actually run a server at home without being detected 
by RR.  Would like to know more details on that one.

On Tuesday 23 July 2002 11:54 am, you wrote:
> > How many use RR and have a router (Linksys) or do you use a computer
> >as a router?  What are the pros and cons.
>
> I use a Linux router as well. Probably the same setup that a lot of
> other folks do to. Prior to using a Linux, I had a wireless linksys and
> a RR cable modem and when something went wrong, it was very hard to
> workout what the hell was going wrong when my connection died.
>
> An unexpected benefit was that my net connection was faster with
> Linux. I suspect this is so because the Linksys has a pretty puny
> packet processor but I'm not worried about the why.
>
> The only downside is that you have invest a bit of time getting
> it setup. But well worth it in my opinion.
>
> Addendum: The newer RR cable modems have a USB port which
> I'm connected to using the new USB-USB network support in 2.4
> It basically looks like /dev/eth1 to everything else which means you
> effectively have a dual-port firewall.
>
> Tim Burgess
>
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