On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 12:25:20AM -0000, mark@webb-heath.com wrote:
The home hub is designed as a box for the 99% of people who just want access to the internet, and don't know things about IP ports, NAT, QoS, etc.
If you want a box that you can play with or configure then get something else the Home Hub is not for you.
Sad to say, I have a HH at the moment, and it's tempting to put my old Linux box back in place. I bought (sometime ago) a super cheap Connexant (I think) PCI ADSL card, and it worked a treat with Linux. This may be the full control you are looking for.
Either that, or buy yourself a cheap ADSL modem, and use your Linux box as a router to do PPPoE, also works very well, mainly I suppose because you can configure it exactly as you want it.
Replace "cheap ADSL modem" with "cheap ADSL router" and then the "Linux box as a router" is redundant. As long as you get a router with a proper firewall and the ability to set it up, of which there are many available now, it's a much neater and tidier route to go than an actual PC as a router.
Don't think that the wife would want a desktop PC on the table in the hallway though.
... but you can hide a router under the table. :-)
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