what adsl modem should I buy for BT openworld?

Hi

I would like to buy an ASDL modem with an ethernet interface to plug into my
firewall pc. The firewall PC handles the DNS, NAT etc. Would you please let
me know which one you would recommend and why

Many thanks

Steve

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I would like to buy an ASDL modem with an ethernet interface to plug into
my
> firewall pc. The firewall PC handles the DNS, NAT etc. Would you please
let
> me know which one you would recommend and why
>
> Many thanks
>
> Steve
>

On a whim I bought an eTEC 1 port ethernet ADSL modem/NAT router from
Maplin, which is probably one of the cheapest around. This does not contain
a firewall but does contain things like ftp and http ports accessible from
both the LAN and the WAN side, only some of which can be disabled. It also
does *not* stealth any of the other ports either. I had hoped at some stage
in the future to do what you are doing and stick a Linux firewall in-between
the modem and the local network, and I wanted to stealth all ports from the
WAN side but cannot do so with this modem. My recommendation is either use a
PCI ADSL modem and get your PC to stealth ports, or get an plain ADSL
ethernet modem with or without a router that stealths its WAN ports
properly.

Mark.

"markp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On a whim I bought an eTEC 1 port ethernet ADSL modem/NAT router from
> Maplin, which is probably one of the cheapest around. This does not
contain
> a firewall but does contain things like ftp and http ports accessible from
> both the LAN and the WAN side, only some of which can be disabled. It also
> does *not* stealth any of the other ports either. I had hoped at some
stage
> in the future to do what you are doing and stick a Linux firewall
in-between
> the modem and the local network, and I wanted to stealth all ports from
the
> WAN side but cannot do so with this modem. My recommendation is either use
a
> PCI ADSL modem and get your PC to stealth ports, or get an plain ADSL
> ethernet modem with or without a router that stealths its WAN ports
> properly.
>
> Mark.

I know somewhere where it's much cheaper, not much tho in the scheme of
things, if you can return it to maplins I cud giv u the link.... Maplins
prices appall me :-)

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I would like to buy an ASDL modem with an ethernet interface to plug into
my
> firewall pc. The firewall PC handles the DNS, NAT etc. Would you please
let
> me know which one you would recommend and why

Ebuyer have a cheap 1 port ADSL router but I wouldn't be aware of it's
reliability etc. It's based on a connexant chipset so that would give me
some hope...

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the feedback however the firewall software requires and
Ethernet
> port not an internal PCI card that supports ADSL. I was also think of
> companies like netgear d-link etc if any other brand is better with BT
> openworld.
>
> Thanks for the feed back and any more would be great
>
> Steve
>
> "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bhasrd$1fa$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> >
> > I would like to buy an ASDL modem with an ethernet interface to plug
into
> my
> > firewall pc. The firewall PC handles the DNS, NAT etc. Would you please
> let
> > me know which one you would recommend and why
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Steve

Are you sure you can't get a single PCI card that looks like a NIC to the
software but actually contains both a NIC and and ADSL modem? Seems to me
that would be a nice thing to have as it then becomes compatible with ip
routing software and would save a PCI slot and cabling. Just a thought.

Mark.