I have been using Linux for ADSL routers in the UK for a few years
now.
Initially I used the Alcatel speedtouch (USB) on IPCOP firewalls.
This worked well, although the connection was never that reliable and
sometimes only rebooting would allow the ADSL to reconnect. So for
this I had scripts to reboot in the event of the connection dropping
and not reconnecting.
The above approach worked for standalone firewalls but was
unacceptable for all-in-one appliances such as the e-smith SME
servers. I tried pulsar PCI modems, but found the support for linux
drivers to be poor and also the modem to be unreliable too. Also,
their website seemed to be down more often than up which didn't
inspire me with much confidence.
I later tried (cheaper) routers such as draytecs and netgear, but
found them to be too limiting when I needed multiple static IP
addresses and port forwarding to other servers, etc.
Recently I tried an ADSL modem (DLINK DSL-300T), but found that it was
actually a linux router and did not support port forwarding and
multiple static IPs without hacking into it.
Conexant seems to be the only main steam linux PCI router, but from
other posts doesn't seem to work out the box with linux.
The other option appears to be using something like a CISCO 837 as a
separate router, but I would prefer everything in one box.
I don't expect my PPPoE counterparts would have had so many problems!
What I'm looking for is others experiences using linux/standalone
PPPoA routers/modems with multiple static IP address capablity and
strong NAT/PAT features.
I'm not looking for flamewars, just responses like:
'I used router X, for purpose Y, at a cost of Z. My rating for router
X is ...'
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