On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:03:23 +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote: >On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:30:25AM +0200, Alexander Farber wrote: >| Hi, >| >| I have 1 argument for D-Link and against OpenBSD: >| >| D-Link can DSL. OpenBSD can not. So you have to >| buy at least a DSL modem for OpenBSD. And since you >| are buying a DSL modem, why not add 20 Euros and >| buy a DSL-router? At least for a small home network. > >I actually consider that a plus. Using a very simple DSL modem that >does RFC1483 bridging, you can then have your router/firewall be >redundant with CARP/pfsync. If the DSL modem breaks, you can easily >replace it with another (cheap!). That means very little downtime in >emergencies and no downtime when upgrading your OS. > Damn right. Modems (dial-up from old days, ADSL now are disposable and best seen out where their lights tell me something.
Anyway 60EUR is more than I pay for a netcomm or zyxel (about $70AUD= 42 EUR)........ >From the land "down under": Australia. Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over? Do NOT CC me - I am subscribed to the list. Replies to the sender address will fail except from the list-server.
