Re: open TCPIP ports

In article <2Mewk.9310$cn7.891@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Austin
<maustin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Which router did you get? I had to replace my Linksys WirelessG router
and the new Linksys WirlessN router had a page for single-port
forwarding (for things like forward port 80 to host
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8001) and range-port forwarding (forward port 20-25, 80,
443 etc... to host <whatever>)

That's similar to the functionality I had.

I had a Linksys BEFSR41. It was nice also because I could extract the
WAN address via LYNX running in a batch job. :-) It got hung up from
time to time (once a month or so) which could be solved by a power
cycle---no big problem, unless no-one was home. A few years later, it
started acting strangely more often. Might have to do with increased
speed and/or other changes with the DSL link. I'm now using an AVM
Fritz!Box Fon 5140. This is router, switch, DSL-modem (or bridge, or
whatever) and telephone connector (I can plug in 2 analog and 1 ISDN
phone and use them all, whether or not the actual telephone connection
is analog or ISDN) all in one. I got this as a free replacement from my
provider, 1&1, when my previousu Fritz!Box (another model) started
producing noise during VOIP.

Back when I had just a few Mb/s speed, I had a DSL modem then behind
that the router and behind that, when I started using VOIP, a Fritz!Box
only for VOIP. However, once my speed got up over 8Mb/s or so, the old
modem would no longer work, and since I had the Fritz!Box in use anyway,
I started using it as the modem as well.

I used to have a Teledat 300, which is a rebadged Xyxel. Although it
had a web interface, I never used that, but rather the ASCII menu which
just needs VT100 capabilities. And from there one could even get to the
command line. Those were the days! However, I soon replaced it with
the Linksys because, as mentioned above, I could easily extract the WAN
address from it automatically.

.

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