http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/gingery.txt --- I've been on the Cisco, now, on FreeBSD, since the end of April, and following most of the complaints, etc. both on comp.dcom.xdsl and uswest.dsl newsgroups. Be glad to share, if you want to update your compendium of information. The Cisco605 (internal) still relies on a private software interface. No Linux/FreeBSD or other *N?X drivers are yet available. The Cisco675 (in Bridging mode) of course echos ALL traffic on its ether interface to the DSLAM at the other end of the DSL connection. With a cross-over cable, and any NATing (and even dhcp) handled by a gateway system, this isn't a problem. With it connected to a hub, however, it's a different story. In Routing mode, it has RIP1/2, SNMP, TFTP, and telnet configurabilty (although it's not truly up to big-Cisco standards) as well as the serial control port and a built-in minimal webserver interface. It has a built-in DHCP server and client both, and _some_ NAT/PAT configurability. Version 2.01 of the CBOS is buggy as heck, and works great with a public IP address (not using NAT/PAT nor DHCP within the box). The physical size of a medium sized external modem it's a solution - working fine (with a _public_address_) with both Linux and FreeBSD. CBOS v2.2 is due out shortly, but so far USWest Megabit services - the primary user of them, so far, refuses to support anything beyond 2.01 Some older models are heat sensitive. This _seems_ to have been corrected. CAUTION - read service agreements carefully! Although you can "get rid of a modem line" which often means you can get anywhere from 256kbps to T1-speeds and over economically, trading off part of the charges because DSL and voice runs on the same line at the same time, some ISPs have byte-charges or limits! raDSL (rate adaptive) is just one of a family of protocols. This current raDSL is also an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), which is keyed to faster download than upload speeds! SDSL is also available elsewhere, but this is about ADSL. Some links: http://members.iex.net/support/adslfaq.html http://www.uswest.com/products/data/dsl/faq.html http://megawot.uswest.com/promo_login.asp and many others, including sites DEDICATED to xDSL. Bruce Gingery