Re: [Sheflug] Re: Broadband help

[Peter Collier <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 28 July 2002 12:09 am, you wrote:
> Hi
>
> > our £19.99 per month ADSL offering.
>
> Price has fallen off after I mentioned to BT that www.zenadsl.com were
> somewhat better than their service.  That was yesterday.
>
> > All you will need to spend is £79.99 for your super fast ADSL
> > modem and £59.99 (to BT) to have you existing home
>
> Why do I want hardware that is out of date and is also probably a
> security risk ?
>
Richard, 
	I assume you are saying that the above offered modem would not be a good 
investment. I've had a look at the links you gave on your first email and 
noted your comments. The SMC Barricuda seems a good offer. it gives the 
impression a firewall is built in and the price compares favourably with the 
straight ASDL modems. Plus it has the capability of allowing my son to use 
his machine via a network card I assume to this box, to use the same 
connection. I've had a look at the security link you gave, does this setup of 
iptables etc give me the same security on a straight ADSL modem as you would 
get with the SMC router/modem with built in firewall. Is there any point in 
getting a router/modem hardware if I don't wish others to share my files over 
the net? 
	You mention BSD, are you saying I will have to use a second computer to use 
as a firewal (can you use a seperate partion on your computer dedicated to 
BSD for the firewal?)
			Peter
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