The Cisco 678 is an awesome choice for plain old DSL connectivity. It has very limited firewalling capabilities and no VPN capabilities. You could then use a second device running $OS_OF_CHOICE for your firewall/VPN needs. I use and support (at US Internet, yes the Minneapolis wifi company) and the Actiontecs have time and again been a poor excuse for a DSL router. The Cisco 678 is always a dream to use/support. As mentioned, you can no longer get new ones from Cisco but there are lots of places selling them. I have two for example, in case one dies. Can also check here for a local seller at http://www.cisco678.com There is of course other PPPoA capable DSL equipment but I don't have much experience with them. On Monday 11 September 2006 17:36, Adam wrote: > John, > I've been running an old qwest Cisco 678 for a few years now that I got > from ebay and it has served my needs quite well. Its been EOL for quite > some time now. Cisco's new version is the 800 series. 857 and 877. I > know a few people running the 875 and have really liked it. > > -Adam > > John Meier wrote: > > Helping out a friend who has DSL though qwest at his small office (one > > of the business offerings - not residential). > > > > We're trying to achieve 3 things: > > > > 1) get something more stable than the actiontec modem (fried a couple > > in the last year or so, dropped connections etc..). > > 2) wireless and vpn access > > 3) off site backups of one of the LAN computers (windows box which > > acts as a "fileserver" as well as a day-to-day workstation) > > > > I don't have all the details of his connection - and I've never had a > > DSL connection :) - just cable modem... Anyway, it seems Qwest's > > modem options are an actiontec 701 and a Qwest 2wire 2700HG - the > > latter having wireless built in. I suggested trying out the 2wire > > modem - but he's kinda sick of qwest and the "crappy equipment" he's > > been getting. > > > > At this point we're looking for a modem, firewall, wireless and vpn > > endpoint all-in-one unit that we can use with Qwest DSL - we'll be > > using linux, OSX and windows over the VPN. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Money's not a problem for this project (within reason) as long as the > > stuff works! > > > > He doesn't like keeping any computers up and running at full power > > over night, so I'm hoping for an all-in-one unit to do the firewall, > > modem and VPN . I'll be using linux, VPN and Wake on Lan to backup > > the windows "file server". He'll be using OSX and VPN and Wake on LAN > > for remote access - sure hope wake on lan works like I've been > > reading :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list