PPPoA and bridging DSL modems

A better question might be can I put the modem in bridged mode, have the modem do PPPoA and the firewall receive the dynamic IP?

Thanks.

snipped-for-privacy@berryhillsoftware.com wrote on 2/16/2006 1:07 AM:

You cannot bridge oA to any router. What you can do is use the oA on the Actiontec and then tie off to the Sonicwall WAN port with no NAT. Set up rules as appropriate.

Unless this is a business, that is overkill. Are you hosting any servers? If not, just use NAT. Any hacker would have to hack your WAN management on the Actiontec (if there is any) in order to gain access. Your biggest security hole is when you start hosting servers and allowing people access to internal resources.

Jim

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I need to create a VPN between a bookmobile and a library. The bookmobile makes stops at various locations. Half of the locations will get DSL from one provider and half from another. I'm using the SonicWall to create the VPN. I want to be as sure as possible that the SonicWall will be able to build the VPN. I'm pretty sure if I use aggressive mode on the VPN that all will be well. We want to minimize setup by the bookmobile staff. Ideally they would just swap out DSL modems and power up the sonicwall. A few pings of the server should rebuild the VPN. Hopefully....

snipped-for-privacy@berryhillsoftware.com wrote on 2/16/2006 8:37 PM:

Aggressive mode is difficult through a NAT router. Sonicwall may have a way of doing it by now.

There are also IKE keep alives you could look into.

Jim