From: Karl Jeacle (karl at domain jeacle.ie)
Date: Tue 10 Sep 2002 - 20:11:09 IST
On Tue 10 Sep 02, 18:43:53 +0100, Paul Kelly wrote:
> If Eircom can't get their 4-port router to NAT it's not because of the
> underlying DSL technology. It's either an *exceptionally* poor choice of
> router or it's Eircom staff being unable to read/understand the router
As I mentioned in another message, the confusion here is that Vincent
has referred to the SpeedTouch Pro several times as a router. It is
true that the SpeedTouch Pro has routing capability, but only when
used in PPPoA mode. i-stream does not use PPPoA. It uses PPPoE, and
since the SpeedTouch Pro does not have a built-in PPPoE client, it can
only be used with i-stream as a bridge. This is why it can't route!
If you want a router, eircom will sell you one, and just like on the
ISDN service, they will sell you a small ZyXEL or Cisco router. The
Alcatel products sold with DSL are purely modems/bridges.
I hope this clears up any confusion present (not implying that you
were confused, Paul, just trying to clarify things for anyone
interested following this thread).
Karl
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