Yes, that's a definite fear, but I don't get the
impression from the informational paper work we got on
our phone company's dsl service and installation that
their routers even have firewalls. They even said that
a dynamic IP address is not a replacement for a
firewall. Yeah, that would suck if I ended up with a
nonconfigurable modem like John had. I hope not!
--- Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Shawn,
>
> I just had an ugly thought.  John, KG7FA, on this
> list might be thinking along
> the same lines as me here.
>
> He got a modem with his MSN DSL service, and the
> damn thing has a built-in
> *non-configurable* firewall.  There goes Echolink,
> as far as for his
> application.  Thankfully, I haven't run across a
> router that is not
> configurable, although the interfaces in some are a
> bit more speech-friendly.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>




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