Netopia Broadband Router, 3341 Adsl Smart Modem With Enet USB Nat Dhcp & Pppoe
You can enjoy high-speed connectivity over broadband DSL and get secured access that traditional modems cannot provide. As your needs grow, the Cayman 3300 Series allows you to share the connection with other household computers.The Cayman 3300 products are easy to install and can be configured in minutes using any standard web browser. With the Cayman 3341, you can connect your computer using Ethernet or the USB interface and eliminate the need for a network adapter card. Once connected, you can surf the Web at any time with "always-on" connectivity.The Cayman 3300 Series takes the complexity out of home networking by automatically assigning an IP address to each connected computer. The NAT firewall will ensure your security by hiding the computers' IP address from the Internet.The Cayman 3300 Series products can be configured in bridged or router mode and is completely software upgradeable to add future broadband services. The Cayman Series smart modems and gateways are built with the same high quality standards that over a million users have come to expect from Netopia.
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Netopia Broadband Router, 3341 Adsl Smart Modem With Enet USB Nat Dhcp & Pppoe Reviews
I can tell you that I've not had any issues with this router. I do not know enough about computers to tell you if this is better than other products. The price was not too bad, either, so I'd have to recommend this product if you are looking for a basic, broadband router.
It is a bit more pricey than some other modems, and some of the software options are paid upgrades. Anyone that needs a better grade of dsl modem, this is it. Mine is setup as a gateway to a hardware firewall, so I wasn't lookup for UPnP or the like. This is now my dsl modem of choice for small business, and home business clients.
There are a lot of options for services and port forwarding, and the setup is pretty straight forward. This has to be the most configurable, smooth and fast DSL modem I have ever used, hands down. I am using this with FastQ over a Qwest line, and it works perfectly. I have a multiple address block from my ISP, and they only seem to have instructions for a couple of modems that aren't even being manufactured currently.
Wasn't difficult at all, and far easier than the terminal scripts for the other modems I've setup in the past. I had to follow the instructions for PPPoE, but use PPPoA for the actual connection to setup the multiple IP block, since they only showed instructions for PPPoE.
It is a DHCP server and router, and with a separate fast ethernet switch, you can connect many computer and network devices to your home LAN to share your internet connection. It has excellent displays of the status of your internet connection and your settings, with excellent diagnostic self-tests if something goes wrong. Maybe because ISPs provide modems, but they can't be as flexible, sophisticated and packed with geek-fun as this one. The CDROM comes with a very comprehensive manual that is worth reading. It supports many protocols in the TCP/IP suite, thus you can control the settings in the many configuration menus and customize your internet connection for your networking and security needs. I have ADSL internet service using PPPoE and this broadband modem works very well. I don't understand why this incredible and inexpensive internet gateway isn't on the shelves of all the computer and office stores.
Very cool. Using the "distributed services" configuration menu, you can provide different priority internet service to the different computers on your LAN. You can customize the security features, for example, configuring pinholes in the NAT firewall, use port filtering, etc. When your ISP-supplied modem bites the dust, you can't go wrong with one of these.
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