There's debate about accepting pings from the Internet, between those who
find it a useful diagnostic and those who fear it's a Denial-of-Service
attack vector.  The best answer seems to be to provide the option for the
user to choose whether it's on or not.

  More lights is nice *if* they tell you something useful.

  I've had mixed results, but usually at least acceptable, with D-Link gear.
 I've never used much USR other than analog modems.  So while I'd lean
toward the D-Link, it's not for any objective reason.

David Gillett


On 17 Apr 2004 at 19:20, Rick Glazier wrote:

> Given a choice of a Hard-Wired Ethernet Router to hook to
> a single port ADSL modem, (Westell 2200-Verizon-OEM)
> which of the following is "better"...
>
> D-Link DI-704
> USR 8003
>
> Both are VERY similar.  I own both already, and see no difference
> in their operation except the D-Link seems like it can't refuse to
> answer a "ping" from the Internet...  (No specific setting like the USR...)
> (I do not have the latest D-Link firmware either...)
>
> One has 7 LEDs and the other has 12.  I sort of like the added
> granularity of the extra lights so I can see what is going on...
>
>                                             Rick Glazier
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