I have the same router at home. In my company the SA department is using
them a lot. I asked them before I bought mine. They give the different
reasons why they are using them:
1. Price
2. It is really flexible and easy to set up.
3. The have not experienced any problem so far with these routers.
I hope these reasons will help you to decide.
Diego Henao
P.S. That's one of the main reason why I don't like to go shopping (you
never know what to buy). hahaha
> On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 14:53, William Coulter wrote:
>> Since we have had several discussions on internet providers, I thought
>> I ask about the best Cable/DSL Router to use?
>>
>> I am currently looking at a NetGear Cable/DSL Router w/4 port switch.
>> The Model #: N100-1340. Is this a good one? What makes one better
>> than the other? Also, when I read the description, there was noting
>> about SSH, SSL(something like that), and SMTP. Are these user defined
>> or does the Router have to know how to use them?
>
> I have had a BEFSR41 for almost 2 years now. I have been very happy so
> far. http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5
> I regards to protocols supported by the router for management, my
> impression is all the Cable/DSL routers use a similar insecure web
> interface for management. The BEFSR41 allows you to restrict management
> only from internal/private hosts, and not through the WAN interface. The
> BEFSR41 also supports the passing through of IP protocols like GRE, ESP
> and AH for more secure point to point connections, which is crucial for
> me maintaining a FreeS/WAN ESP connection between my home and work. In
> regards to SMTP, SSH, etc, most of the Cable/DSL routers allow for port
> forwarding to an internal private host for the running of SMTP services
> or secure communications like SSH or SSL.
> If I pass through port 443 to my internal host, I can run apache-ssl. If
> I forward port 22, I can access my private host via SSH, etc.
> HTH
> --
> Matt Miller
> Systems Administrator
> MP TotalCare
> gpg public key id:
> 08BC7r to use?
>>
>> I am currently looking at a NetGear Cable/DSL Router w/4 port switch.
>> The Model #: N100-1340. Is this a good one? What makes one better
>> than the other? Also, when I read the description, there was noting
>> about SSH, SSL(something like that), and SMTP. Are these user defined
>> or does the Router have to know how to use them?
>
> I have had a BEFSR41 for almost 2 years now. I have been very happy so
> far. http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5
> I regards to protocols supported by the router for management, my
> impression is all the Cable/DSL routers use a similar insecure web
> interface for management. The BEFSR41 allows you to restrict management
> only from internal/private hosts, and not through the WAN interface. The
> BEFSR41 also supports the passing through of IP protocols like GRE, ESP
> and AH for more secure point to point connections, which is crucial for
> me maintaining a FreeS/WAN ESP connection between my home and work. In
> regards to SMTP, SSH, etc, most of the Cable/DSL routers allow for port
> forwarding to an internal private host for the running of SMTP services
> or secure communications like SSH or SSL.
> If I pass through port 443 to my internal host, I can run apache-ssl. If
> I forward port 22, I can access my private host via SSH, etc.
> HTH
> --
> Matt Miller
> Systems Administrator
> MP TotalCare
> gpg public key id:
> 08BC7B06
>
> "An improperly trained Samurai dies quickly."
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