[nzlug] IPCop box retiring. Getting NetGear DG834 ADSL Router. Comments? Wise move?

[Michael Dittmer]

Personally speaking, I'd see if I could get an internal PCI ADSL modem 
and keep the IPCOP box. IPCOP has support for quite a fair number of 
these cards.

Michael

yuri wrote:
> Ok, so Telecom has finally put a DSLAM in the Rolleston D cabinet, so
> I've ordered ADSL thru Orcon and I'm (thinking of) getting a NetGear
> DG834 ADSL Router.
>
> This means my IPCop box is redundant since the Netgear has a
> linux-based firewall built-in.
>
> I'd like to re-deploy the IPCop box as an answerphone/fax server.
>
> Can anyone think of any reason why I shouldn't do any or all of the above
> (ie: go with Orcon/use netgear instead of ipcop/use a PC as a 
> fax/answerphone)
>
> Finally, what's the best way to use an ex-ipcop box as a
> fax/answerphone (the modem is a real hardware PCI modem)
>
> Finally finally, should these questions have been posed in separate 
> threads?
>
> Thanks
> Yuri
>
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