[CLUE-Tech] Cisco 675 PPP vs. Bridging modes

[Craig Magtutu]

   this isn't really an answer to your original questions, but our ISP recently
posted these intructions, which worked well for us. our 675 and 678 have been
configured PPP for about a year.

http://www.frii.net/community/news.php

   craig

--- JL Kottal <jlkottal at americanisp.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This message was posted both BLUG and CLUE-tech.
> 
> Could someone(s) please compare and contrast the bridging and the PPP 
> modes for a Cisco 675 router, vis-a-vis the advantages and 
> disadvantages, bandwidth, security, etc.?
> 
> I am currently using an ISP with the 675 in PPP mode and, in spite of 
> having applied the 675 CBOS upgrade and redirecting the HTTP port, I 
> am still getting killed by the Code Red worm. Someone has suggested 
> that placing the 675 in the bridging mode will eliminate this 
> vulnerability. 
> 
> I talked to my ISP, who swears that the bridging mode is the worst 
> possible way to run this router, but I am not sure that I understand 
> their reasons because they sounded like so much double-talk. 
> 
> Thus I pose my question to a relatively unbiased group and hope that 
> this does not cause a flame war ... <g>
> 
> JohnK
> 
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