Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:33:42 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: DSL Modem? |
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Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > No, some of them are point-to-point connections, like you would have > > for a T1 or PPP for example. This does, indeed, save you one IP > > address (not two.) > > Yes, strictly speaking this would save you one. However, if you also > want firewalling then it saves you two, since you don't need to set up > a second machine as your firewall. >
Well, if you're doing firewalling you might as well do NAT as well, though...
-hpa
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