Making an ADSL Router

[Olivier Gautherot]

Hi Xian!

> I have a friend who's ADSL router has recently broken beyond repair. He
> also  has a Free BSD machine that is on all the time so I thought that
> could become  a router.
> I know I will need some kind of ADSL modem but I'm not really sure what
> I'm  looking for. So any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
> I'm currently reading http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/
> handbook/ppp-and-slip.html

If you want to go the easy way, take an Ethernet modem - connection to
Internet is a child's play. USB modems can be more of a chance, depending
on whether the appropriate driver is available.

Things you may want to look at are "gateway", "ipfw" and "jail" if some
services need to be protected (http server, mail, etc.)

If you want state-of-the-art security, 2 network cards would be ideal
but for a home network, you can easily get away with 1.

Cheers
  Olivier