Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 On Jul 22, 11:44 pm, Leythos <v...@nowhere.lan> wrote: > In article <1185142179.733331.202...@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, > jameshanle...@yahoo.co.uk says... > > > A DSL device that doesn't use NAT is so hard to find, I don't know > > anybody in the UK that has one. > > > I'm asking this as a theoretical question , in the sense that i'm not > > considering recommending them over NAT, so you needn't fear that! > > You don't want to look at cheap devices then, you want to use a Firewall > Appliance in "Drop-In" mode - it still filters traffic based on rules, > but it allows all ports (jacks) to have the same public IP. > > There is also 1:1 NAT, so that a single PUBLIC IP is routed to a single > LAN IP. > > Why would you not want NAT? > > -- > > Leythos I would use NAT. But i'm wondering, theoretically, and since you say it's a shame some end users don't use NAT, and ISPs should make it mandatory. What end users on DSL, don't use NAT . What devices are they buying, can you link me to any? presumably you've seen some. Quote
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