On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, patrick grantham wrote:
Yeah it is easier. Those little Linksys boxes are pretty slick. The
learning curve you need to climb to make a Linux box do the same job is
steeper (but not too steep). But then Linux is much more a
general-purpose system while those Linksys boxen are comparatively limited
in their functionality. But still, it's... it's just... not the same.
If all you want to do is hook up 2 to 4 PCs and have them all surfing the
web across a single broadband connection with minimal hasel, well, then
you are the market the Linksys folks were aiming for. If you want to
know how NAT works, learn a bit about TCP/IP routing, and get a better
idea of what's really going on, then Linux is a good tool to use.
> Honestly, you would save yourself a lot of hassel and time buying a
> cheap cable/DSL router (Linksys makes $37 four port router/switch.) The 98
> box must also be configured to "share" internet connection.
>
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