Text 57511, 55 rader
Skriven 2009-10-13 16:56:29 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
  Kommentar till text 57478 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Bridge Mode On DSL Modem
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ML> EV> I am not at all interested in what the current log shows, I just
ML> EV> want the option to view the log again whenever I want to.

ML>doing such will revert your connection to one that carried
ML>additional "hazar
ML>depending on how you view items as being a hazard...

 EV> Mark,

 EV> From what you just wrote it sounds like Bridge Mode is a safer way
 EV> of connecting to the internet.

not really safer but it eliminates a layer of NAT and also allows you to use a
better firewall than what has been added to the DSL modem as an afterthought ;)

the real thing about bridge mode is that the modem generally becomes a passive
device and the IP ends up on the first connected box behind the modem instead
of being on the modem... this lets one get the WAN IP to the inside where then
may make much better use of it...

 EV> I have not delved into the technical aspects of the internet as you
 EV> have and am unknowing about lots of stuff that I never have read
 EV> about before.

the thing about "normal" mode where the WAN IP is assigned to the modem and the
modem is an active device in the pipe is that it is simple "plug and use" so
that anyone with little to no knowledge can plug this wire in here, that one in
there, boot their computer and get on the internet...

ML> EV> What is in the old log is unimportant to me.

ML>ok... easy enough to understand :)

ML>just be ware that some things (ie: VPN) do not like double-NAT
ML>situations and that's what you are talking about by going back to 
ML>modem connection with some RFC1918 address given to the inbound 
ML>connection...

 EV> There you go again getting "Technical" on me.     ;-)

hehe, well i was also specific enough to point you to google and RFC1918 so you
can find out more about what those addresses are ;)

it is really nothing more than Basic Networking 101... the details are what get
most folk but that's because they're trying to remember all of them instead of
just the main one(s) and then using the tools at hand to remember the others
for when they are needed :P

 EV> I and the others here thank you for the help.

you're welcome, as always :)

)\/(ark

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