[mdlug] Routing Situation - Suggestions/Opinions

[Robert Adkins II]

I have looked through it, Netopia specifically states that any questions
regarding this router needs to be sent to AT&T, they won't do anything
regarding offering support or software upgrades and AT&T is saying to talk
to Netopia.

-Rob
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of mat.enders at gmail.com
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 3:44 PM
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> 
> That is the consumer grade OS. It uses a web interface and is 
> pretty limited. However Netopia will usually sell you an 
> upgrade to the OS for about $100US that you can then flash 
> onto your device. This OS does not use a web interface it is 
> strictly ssh and command line but is very feature rich. 
> Before you buy the upgrade you should talk to a Netopia rep 
> or check their website to ensure it will do what you need. 
> Sent on the SprintR Now Network from my BlackBerryR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Robert Adkins II" <radkins at impelind.com>
> Sender: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org
> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:27:23
> To: 'MDLUG's Main discussion list'<mdlug at mdlug.org>
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> Subject: [mdlug] Routing Situation - Suggestions/Opinions
> 
> We recently upgraded the DSL service at the office to 
> essentially twice as fast as it used to be. Unfortunately, 
> our older DSL Router isn't capable of going that fast. 
> Luckily, they sent us a new one... and it is a POS. It is 
> incpabable of performing half the routing/firewalling of the 
> older/slower router.
>  
> For example, I need only our email server and two other 
> internal IP Addresses to have "direct" access to the Internet 
> and all other systems to be forced into going through the 
> proxy server. The options on the new Netopia router include 
> allowing me to point external ports to internal addresses, 
> but otherwise everything on the inside has full, direct (and
> speedy!) access to the wild, wild, west.
>  
> Here's my thoughts:
>  
> 1. Pickup a good Cable Internet Router that can be upgraded 
> with dd-wrt or OpenWrt
>  
> 2. Replace the firmware with one of the above mentioned types.
>  
> 3. Place the Upgraded Cable Modem in between the network and 
> the Netopia POS, configure the routing we need and away we go.
>  
> Is this is an easily workable plan? 
>  
> Thanks,
> Rob
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