On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:43:21PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
the WBMR-HP-G300H with ADSL2+ for about $120 looks interesting, but i'd still rather use debian on a netbook.
Please note that at this time (and AFAIK), OpenWRT cannot drive ADSL2+ modem chipsets. Nor can any other open-source Linux. Standard practice is to get a ADSL2+ modem, put it in bridged mode, and have the WRT speak PPPoE to it.
ok, thanks, that's good to know. it completely destroys any interest i have in openwrt devices. the only reason i have for wanting to replace my current gateway setup is so that i can have *one* simple little device that does it all - routing, iptables, dns, dhcp, squid, wireless AP, *AND* ADSL2. if i still need to have a ADSL modem in dumb bridged mode (as i currently have, with pppoe running on my main machine) then i can't see any personal benefit in having an openwrt device. i think i'll stick with Plan A - do nothing until NBN arrives in my street, then toss out the ADSL modem and plug the NBN ethernet directly into the 2nd nic of my gateway box. sounds hard, but i think i can manage it :)
You can, of course, run a separate zonefile-serving DNS daemon and a recursive resolver DNS daemon -- just do it on separate hosts, or on
it's hard to see any benefit in doing that - a lot of stuffing around to get something about as good as what I currently have just by running bind. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #367: Webmasters kidnapped by evil cult.