[plug] OT: DLS-300 ADSL modem

[Russell Steicke]

On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 09:30, Paul Dean wrote: 
> Hya Russell,
> 
> Pardon me for asking, but why do you want a hardware device to port
> forward when you can get your Linux firewall to do the same thing and
> more secure way too.

OpenBSD, actually, but I see your point. 

> Also I don't think iiNet like you changing the hardware config of the
> modem as it is used as an bridged device, meaning they don't send
> packets to the modem but to the ethernet device.

Aha!  This was the information I was missing, not realising that this
hardware was a bridge, not a router.  Thank you.