[geeks] Re: [SunRescue] yet another new list

[Joshua D. Boyd]

I've looked at those things.  There is a flash upgrade for the DSL modem
itself that makes it do NAT.  There is one big thing I've been concerned
about.  With a linux NAT box, I can run things that are allergic to NATs
on the NAT box (gnutella and other P2P networking systems (games) seem to
be a prime example of things that seem to be allergic to NATs).  If I have
a dedicated NAT appliance, how would I work out things that don't get
along with the NAT?

Does anyone else have experience with this?

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Joshua Boyd

On Sat, 12 May 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> Have you tried one of the Cable/DSL router boxes? The NetGear unit keeps popping up on sale at COmpUSA for well under $100 ($70-80 IIRC), and I have seen the SMC unit, with print server and RS-232 rollover for under $100 as well, IIRC.
> 
> I am very fond of my Linksys unit, and Pete likes his little box as well... I may dump my Linksys if I can find the low-cost SMC unit again(I really want to have a roll-over to a serial connection/dial-up if/when my DSL line goes down)...