02 Feb 16 19:05, you wrote to Daryl Stout:   
      
    DS>> I have the LinkSys WRT54G router...but I also have an Xfinity cable   
    DS>> modem/router...but it's set up in bridge mode. Several applications   
    DS>> would not work otherwise.   
      
    AL> What brand/model is the the Xfinity router?  Some of them are very   
    AL> unreliable in bridge mode.  When we upgraded here, they first gave use   
    AL> a Cisco DPC device which never worked properly in bridge mode.  After   
    AL> several hours dealing with their inept customer support, they agreed   
    AL> to exchange it for an Arris TM722G which has worked flawlessly ever   
    AL> since I set it up.   
      
   it seems that things have really changed in recent times, then... in my   
   experiance working with firewall support, cable modems are already   
   "bridged"... we've only ever had to specify bridge mode for DSL connections...   
   this was the only reason why we ever recommended a router be behind the cable   
   modem... in our case, our firewall product was the ""router""... everything   
   else was just plain switches... one for each network protected by the   
   firewall... our firewall product has also never had a wide-open DMZ where   
   anything goes like 99% of the other devices with DMZs... our DMZ has always   
   been protected just like the rest of the networks...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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