From ttstam@u.washington.edu Mon Jun 4 01:36:06 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f548a20114732 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 01:36:02 -0700 Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.5]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f548a2F10076 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 01:36:02 -0700 Received: from mailhost2.u.washington.edu (mailhost2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f548a2100574 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 01:36:02 -0700 Received: from katana (S8-42-3.student.washington.edu [128.208.42.3]) by mailhost2.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f548a2C21323 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 01:36:02 -0700 From: "Terence Tak-Shing Tam" To: Subject: RE: linux vs. hardware routers Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 01:36:02 -0700 Message-ID: <000101c0ecd1$6346fad0$032ad080@katana> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In-Reply-To: <001001c0ec83$045a1fa0$ae56d080@beast> I've used that LinkSys router at my aunt's house, I wired her house up last summer, and it's been working great so far. Every once in a while the router would have trouble negociating a DHCP address with the DSL provider (GTE, in SoCal) but a quick power cycle does the job. It isn't very advanced as far as firewalling rules go, but it's fairly adequate (you can selectively direct inbound traffic from certain ports to certain machines, etc)... For the home user, it should be okay. An unmaintained linux box is probably a liability anyway. Linksys also makes the same router with 802.11 access point. You can get that at a REALLY good bargain from buy.com - just over $200.00. Which is pretty dang good for a firewall/router/100bt switch/ 802.11 transmitter... http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?loc=101&sku=10273558 (And you wonder why all these dot-coms are being dot-bombs). DLink also makes something similar - but if I'm not mistaken, DLInk is just another branding for LinkSys. -=- Terence -----Original Message----- From: LINUX-owner@u.washington.edu [mailto:LINUX-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of WebMasterP Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 16:15 To: UW Linux Group Subject: Re: linux vs. hardware routers We use the 16 port version of the Linksys BEFSR81 (yes, that means it is a different model, but they should perform the same) and it works great, it's almost on a full load too. 14 computers, a bunch of different OSes too... Win95, Win98, NT4, Win2K, and a Linux box that we're using for a SAMBA server.. Regards, WebMasterP http://www.xtremetek.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff" To: "UW Linux Group" Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 2:37 PM Subject: linux vs. hardware routers > Somewhat off topic, but I'm wondering if any of you have used the > "internet router in a box" solution for broadband connections? > > I need an 8-port 10/100 switch and will need an uplink port for > cable/dsl internet access. I know I can use my linux box for the > routing, but would like this all to fit in a nice small electrical panel > (this is my parents home network). > > Currently, I'm looking at the Netgear RO318 > http://www.netgear.com/product_view.asp?xrp=4&yrp=12&zrp=96 > > and the Linksys BEFSR81 > http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=155&grid=5 > > are there others? Advice? > > Thanks, > Cliff > > .