"Bill Polhemus" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > For the life of me, I do not understand why anyone would hook their > computer up directly to the cable (or dsl) modem rather than through a NAT > router. Some people trust the software running on their computers more than the software running on a cable modem. Personally, I would never let a cable modem connect directly to my internal network. I would always want a computer I controlled acting as a firewall between it and my network.
