Of course you may now be safe paying with a credit card at Best Buy, due to a flurry of posts a week or two back in the dv-vul list on best buys flaoting buyer information through the airwaves that have since supposedly closed down their wireless cash registers. Course, this still does not speak to the many other vendors that have not been so sniffed and publically roasted, so the buyer should beware. Cash transactions remain perhaps the safest in these settings....
Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Thu, 23 May 2002, Marc E. Mandel wrote: > Alex: > > In response to your question (see below), have you also looked at the > linksys 2.4GHz Wireless Access Point with Built-In 4-Port 10/100 Router > (Model BEFW11S4)? It is on sale from May 23 -27 at Best Buys for $149.99 > after $15 Mail-in rebate and a $15 Instant rebate? I've worked with the > Linksys 4-Port 10/100 router (Model BEFSR41) and found it very flexible and > easy to configure. My home environment incorporates a Linksys Wireless > Access Point (Model WAP11) and I found this also pretty flexible and easy > to set up. I've used some of the security options and can advise that you > must make sure that the laptop or desktop wireless network interface > adaptor is configured to the same size encryption algorithm or things will > not work properly. > > Respectfully yours; > Marc Mandel > > > > At 12:08 PM 05/23/2002 -0400, Alex Filacchione wrote: > >I am looking for a combo DSL gateway (IF w/ DSL router), Firewall, 802.11b > >access point, w/ 10/100 ports. Most of the reviews that I have read only > >slightly talk about the firewalling features of these devices. The ones > >that I have looked at that look promising so far are: D-Link 713P and 714 > >SMC Barricade (802.11 version) and a couple of others. In the street > >price range of $200 or less (the D-Link you can get for around $100, and > >the SMC is only a little more) Has anyone really looked into these > >devices and their firewall features? In your experience, which has the > >best firewalling features in this price range? Some have stateful packet > >filtering, some don't. Some offer a DMZ function (that I will never use), > >and some don't. Some offer port forwarding, some don't. Some can control > >access based on MAC addr, some can't. Some are managed via SNMP, some are > >http. All that I have looked at offer 40 & 128-bit WEP. etc., etc., > >etc. I am not only looking for the best features, but the configurability > >of them as well. Having dealt with firewalls and routers a lot in the > >past I really don't care if the management interface is "pretty". But I > >do want it to be functional and highly configurable, even if it is only > >with a command line or something. Right now, judging by what I have read > >about the features I am leaning towards the SMC as it has MAC based > >filtering, stateful inspection, port forwarding, virtual ports, etc., > >etc. Any insight, advice, experience, etc. would be greatly appreciated! > > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For Account Management (unsubscribe, get/change password, etc) Please go to: > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Account Management (unsubscribe, get/change password, etc) Please go to: http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
