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what are the pros and cons putting a modem in bridge mode?
ok yesterday i put my modem in bridge mode to c if me and my brother can connect to friends who we couldnt connect to on xbox live. i did that and it worked. we are connected through a router that router is connected to the modem. the firewall security on the router is up and its also password protected. i just started looking into bridge modeing the modem yesterday so i dont know a whole lot abt it. as far as i know it disables the firewall and something else to. and it leaves the firewall and everything else to the router. im wondering what are the pros and cons of me putting the modem in bridge mode?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
With bridged mode (also called ATM bridge) you have full control over the connection. Essentially it converts the ADSL digital signals from Telkom to a TX/RX signal on an ethernet interface.
You can then run PPP directly from your PC (over ethernet) to the Telkom exchange and your PC gets the IP address, not the router/modem.
Why is this useful? Well, IMHO not very if you run it to only one PC, but if you run it to a PC that can act as a gateway or router, you can add immense functionality to your network. If you terminate it on a little Linux machine, you can use that as your firewall, as your NAT box, as your inbound port forwarder, and best of all, you can schedule events using cron.
but a real drow back would be
24-hour disconnect. Just use Linux/FreeBSD as a gateway and set the timeout 0 0 then you don't even notice it.
here r few links to discussions on whether to use modem in Bridge mode or not