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Skriven 2008-02-18 23:02:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MARK LEWIS
Ärende: Siemens Speadstream 4 01/
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ML> JE> Well, here goes. I'm going to show my ignorance even more.
ML> JE> Even after Googleing "bridge mode" I do not really understand
ML> JE> bridge mode.
ML> JE> Stupid question #1.

ML> JE> Would a standard setup of a Semen router be in bridge mode?

ML>no... standard mode would be one where you've used a CD or web browser to
ML>access the modem and put in your username and password for the modem to
store
ML>and use for it to automatically make the connection to your ISP...

ML>bridge mode requires that you switch the modem to bridged mode _and_ that
you
ML>use PPPoE software on the computer the modem is connected to... in this
ML>instance, you /do not/ give the modem your username and password...

ML> JE> #2

ML> JE> What indicator tells me my router is in bridge mode or not bridge
ML> JE> mode. 

ML>there is no indicator... about the only way to tell would be via the GUI and
a
ML>setting...

ML>however (!), my siemens speedstream 4200 is a dual mode unit... if i reset
it
ML>to factory and then never tell it my username and password, it automatically
ML>uses the bridge mode profile stored in it... if i give it a username and
ML>password, then it will use the other profile and automatically logon any
time
ML>it has power...

ML> JE> I may have missed it, but I did not see any routers other than
ML> JE> Siemens at Best Buy.

ML>i still don't understand why folk feel they must have routers... other than
ML>marketing confusion, there is absolutely no need for a SOHO/HOME network to
ML>have the first router in it... HUBs or SWITCHs are all that are needed with
a
ML>switch being the better of the two...

ML>FWIW: my network setup is as follows (ascii art)

ML>                              internet
ML>                                  |
ML>                              DSL modem


Mark, I'm sorry, but I got completely lost at the first color --- RED!
Not to mention "smoothwall firewall machine". Thanks for trying.


Jay


ML>                                  | ML>
(RED) ML>
LAN==Switch==(ORANGE) smoothwall firewall (PURPLE)==Switch==LAN ML>
(GREEN) | ML>                                  |
WAP2==WLAN ML>                          LAN==Switch==WAP1==WLAN

ML>(RED) is the unprotected interface into my smoothwall firewall machine.
ML>(ORANGE) is a protected DMZ.
ML>(PURPLE) is a protected but untrusted subnet with am open wireless access
ML>point.
ML>(GREEN) is my protected internal network that has a closed wireless access
ML>point.

ML>there are switches on the three internal networks, ORANGE, PURPLE, and GREEN
as
ML>they feed numerous wired machines...

ML>ORANGE houses my servers but this DMZ is not a free-for-all DMZ like most 
ML>devices have...

ML>PURPLE is where i plug in untrusted boxes that have been brought to me to
work
ML>on... it is also where i have an open WAP for others to access the internet
via
ML>wireless... 

ML>GREEN is my main internal network.... it has a closed WAP on it for certain
ML>folk to use to be able to access the internet as well as my internal LAN...

ML>yeah, this is all for my home network which houses about a dozen machines
all
ML>the time...

ML>oh yeah, my smoothwall box? it's a AMD Athlon 700mhz with 512M RAM and a
6Gig
ML>HD... the four NICs are all realtek 8139C 10/100s... and the really funny
part?
ML>it has more power than most of the other daily use boxes other than one or
two
ML>of the servers of which one of those is a dual SMP PIII 700mhz box and the
ML>other is only a PIII 500mhz box... 

ML>oh, the cost for the firewall box? $0.00US... it was given to me when a
friend
ML>upgraded to a faster system... the WAPs were also given as were most of the
ML>machines... i couldn't give them to other folk who didn't have a machine
ML>because either they didn't want a computer or even as a gimme it was "too
slow"
ML>for them %|

ML>oh well... i'm just glad to have what i do have and be able to fix other's
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