Re: [SLUG] worth of firewall-in-a-box hubs?

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Sat Mar 30 2002 - 18:21:53 EST


On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 04:31:08PM -0500, Paul Braman wrote:

>
> One of my PCs died (MB won't post (beep) when powered up, probably fried
> the BIOS or processor) so I'm building a whole new home network. I've
> currently got a Linux machine running firewall connected to Road Runner.
>
> I'm considering replacing it with one of those Linksys (or other)
> firewall-in-a-box ethernet hubs. Wondering who out there has had
> experiences on either side of the fence with this kind of setup, or should
> I stick with the Linux machine running everything?
>
>
> Paul Braman
> aeon@tampabay.rr.com
>

Seems to me like you'd have more flexibility with a Linux box. And you
can use a 486 for it. I've got like four of these in my garage, ready to
go in case the one I'm using dies. ;-}

Paul



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