[lug] Cisco 678 DSL modem free

[Ryan Kirkpatrick]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Sean Reifschneider wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 08:12:01PM -0600, Calvin Dodge wrote:
> >Hmmm ... based on my experience, if I had an ActionTec, I'd jump at a
> >decent replacement (I've seen too many ActionTecs go bad).
> 
> I know lots of people have had problems with them, but mine has been really
> stable.  I'm not trying to do wireless with it, or anything else really.
> Just DSL to Ethernet to my Linux firewall, and it's been absolutely solid.

Shortly after I got my ADSL from Qwest, I replaced the ActionTec with a
Sangoma S518 ADSL PCI card. This way the ADSL line just appears as another
network interface on my Linux firewall. That made connecting an internal
network (with private IP addresses) and a DMZ network (with public, static
IP addresses) to the Internet very simple and straight forward. The card
sells for around $135 and setup for Qwest's PPPoA was reasonably painless.
It has been working great for about nine months now!

No, I don't work for Sangoma or have in stock in them, just a happy
customer. :) TTYL.

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