02 Feb 16 19:05, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

 DS>> I have the LinkSys WRT54G router...but I also have an Xfinity cable
 DS>> modem/router...but it's set up in bridge mode. Several applications
 DS>> would not work otherwise.

 AL> What brand/model is the the Xfinity router?  Some of them are very
 AL> unreliable in bridge mode.  When we upgraded here, they first gave use
 AL> a Cisco DPC device which never worked properly in bridge mode.  After
 AL> several hours dealing with their inept customer support, they agreed
 AL> to exchange it for an Arris TM722G which has worked flawlessly ever
 AL> since I set it up.

it seems that things have really changed in recent times, then... in my
experiance working with firewall support, cable modems are already
"bridged"... we've only ever had to specify bridge mode for DSL connections...
this was the only reason why we ever recommended a router be behind the cable
modem... in our case, our firewall product was the ""router""... everything
else was just plain switches... one for each network protected by the
firewall... our firewall product has also never had a wide-open DMZ where
anything goes like 99% of the other devices with DMZs... our DMZ has always
been protected just like the rest of the networks...

)\/(ark

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