[slightly OT & long] PPPoE iptables NAT

[Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.]

Point taken... 

Like you, I have been down this road before, which is why I suggested an
inexpensive, off-the-self hardware solution to Albrecht's problem.  In
the past I "rolled my own", using open source software.  I did it
because I could.  I viewed it as a technical challenge that allowed me
to explore some of the lower level intricacies of networking. Technology
evolves quickly. Things change...  My interests are elsewhere...


-Joseph

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On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 07:17 -0700, Norberto Quintanar wrote:
> Joseph, 
> 
> I couldn't agree with you more.  I used to believe that I had to save
> all old hardware from landfills.  I set up an old PC250Mhz with
> smoothwall - http://www.smoothwall.org/ - as a gateway firewall.  It
> worked great.  Then winter came and my electricity bill was getting
> out of hand.  Without going into extreme detail, computers use a lot
> of electricity compared to a DSL modem and a router/ firewall with
> NAT.
> 
> Just my $0.02
> 

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