[plug] Linux powered ADSL modem

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 23:04, Chris Caston wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 22:55, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:57 pm, Chris Caston wrote:
> > 
> > > That's close what I was thinking. A single device adsl modem / firewall.
> > > All we need next it one with multiple interfaces for different network
> > > segments.
> > 
> > The magic of some USB NICs?
> 
> Well if the adsl modem has been an ethernet and a USB interface there is
> a possibility that you *may* be able to do something with that.

I still haven't found out what the Netcomm NB 3 runs. Anyone have access
to one of these and care to telnet into or nmap -O it?

But it *should* be theoretically possible to port linux to many ADSL
modems by writing your own firmware but of course that would be easier
said than done.
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