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    SubjectRe: DSL Modem?
    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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