We use a 675 configured as a bridge and use linux as the firewall/web
server, etc.  I ended up switching ISPs rather than try to get Freeswan
to work through the nat.

Mike Nixon wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with Mediacom (as a cable internet provider)?
> My high speed access options (in Maple Plain) are either DSL through Citizen Communications (~$50/mo) or Cable through Mediacom (~$30/mo if I get my own Cable modem).
> 
> My employer will allow me to access their VPN (in windoze) over cable/DSL if I use a Linksys Router like the BEFSR41.  The best price I see local is about $90 at MicroCenter or BestBuy, but Amazon.com has them for $70.  Any other good deals I've overlooked?
> 
> Does the Linksys Router do anything more than NAT?
> (Doesn't a Cisco 675/678 DSL router do NAT? - my church doesn't have a firewall (hardware or pc), but I'd swear the Cisco 675 there is doing NAT)
> I don't understand what other benefits I would get if I setup a linux pc to act as a firewall?  (any good sites that explain this?)
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Nixon
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