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[Ben Jensz]

It can mean two similar, but different things.

1.  You put your ADSL router/modem into bridged mode and you then plug 
it into a computer which has a PPPoE client on it which handles the 
authentication.  So basically it acts like an old 56K analogue modem in 
that the computer controls it and handles all the authentication.

2.  You put your ADSL router/modem into bridged mode and have a specific 
bridged ADSL line configuration (non-standard) done to your phone line 
that doesn't have any authentication on it.  You generally lose some 
features such as shaping with some ISPs if you do this though.

Some of the reasons why you'd do the first one would be if the computer 
you're plugging the modem into handles the authentication and connection 
in a more reliable and stable manner than the PPPoE client built into 
the ADSL router/modem does or if you wanted to have finer control over 
firewalling etc. than the simple NAT / firewalls built into most ADSL 
routers/modems.


/ Ben


ranime wrote:

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> Hi, can someone please explain 'bridged mode' ?
> I have seen it mentioned so many times relating to adsl modems etc...
> and google search results have just confused me.
> basicaly, what dose it do ?
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> Thanks  Max.
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