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> Matthew Crocker wrote: > We require a NAT device or true firewall on all DSL > customer connections. We sell cheap Linksys boxes > to customers or they can upgrade to a SonicWall. This makes a lot of sense to me. It's not a silver bullet, but it does help. > I still like PPPoE for customer authentication > because I can place individual packet filters or > re-assign users to different contexts based on > username/password authentication. PPPoE/NAT is a > good combination. Tends to be a non-issue now, but it's a lot easier to deal with PPPoE on the Linksys than have the customer install a more or less crummy PPPoE client on their PC. The cost of dealing with one customer that trashed their PC installing an early PPPoE client (with the help of helpdesk :-( is worth ten Linksys. Michel.
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