OT: DSL Woes

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Thu Jul 19 17:30:00 2001

>My only gripe is that the Cisco 675 DSL router/modem they sold me MUST be
>in routing mode, not bridging mode, and it does not have the capability to
>do port forwarding. <sigh> So you can't run a server to save your soul.

So what's the deal with that? The Cisco wants to route to some IP address,
fair enough just make the target of that IP address another router that
happens to be running NAT, a Firewall, etc. A VAX works great for this, or
an old PC, or a junked laptop, etc.

You don't need port forwarding to run a server, you only need either a
static IP address or a rendezvous protocol for finding your server.

--Chuck
Received on Thu Jul 19 2001 - 17:30:00 BST

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