[Tfug] modem and router combo

[Ronald Sutherland]

On 10/26/07, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >   I have this with DSL, an Actiontec that is a modem and router.  There
> is also a firewall built in.  I don't know if this is available or not for
> cable.  The last time I used cable, we had a separate modem and
> router/firewall because we already had the modem when we decided to add more
> computers.
>
> Good to hear that such a thing exist in some fashion.
> Now I know I'm not crazy :) I'll keep looking for a cable
> version.
>
>
Yep, but DSL's router function is not needed by the phone corp, the router
admin is often the user, while with cable the router is needed for outside
paths, and router admin is the cable corp. I would think a cable router
could do NAT and port forwarding and all that crap but the router admin
needs to set it.