Subj : NO ONE CAN CONNECT
To   : Andrew Leary
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Feb 03 2016 23:19:28


02 Feb 16 19:05, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

 DS>> I have the LinkSys WRT54G router...but I also have an Xfinity cable
 DS>> modem/router...but it's set up in bridge mode. Several applications
 DS>> would not work otherwise.

 AL> What brand/model is the the Xfinity router?  Some of them are very
 AL> unreliable in bridge mode.  When we upgraded here, they first gave use
 AL> a Cisco DPC device which never worked properly in bridge mode.  After
 AL> several hours dealing with their inept customer support, they agreed
 AL> to exchange it for an Arris TM722G which has worked flawlessly ever
 AL> since I set it up.

it seems that things have really changed in recent times, then... in my 
experiance working with firewall support, cable modems are already "bridged"... 
we've only ever had to specify bridge mode for DSL connections... this was the 
only reason why we ever recommended a router be behind the cable modem... in 
our case, our firewall product was the ""router""... everything else was just 
plain switches... one for each network protected by the firewall... our 
firewall product has also never had a wide-open DMZ where anything goes like 
99% of the other devices with DMZs... our DMZ has always been protected just 
like the rest of the networks...

)\/(ark

.... An aphrodisiac and a floor wax?
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