Personally, for home use, if given the choice between a PC and a hardware router/modem/whatever I will go with the latter. Less headache and less space taken up.
Regards, Dustin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Jeff Crosby > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 4:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] good price for the Linksys wireless cable/dsl > router 4port switch > > > So...you think it's better to use a hardware router as opposed to an older > pc running something like coyotelinux, freesco, picobsd, smoothwall...etc? > Also, practicallynetworked.com has a lot of info on hardware routers...so > much so that I'm confused about which one to get. Hehehe. I'm kind of > leaning towards a hardware one as I don't want to have to constantly be a > system adm. for the home network. You know, with updates and patches and > all. It seems like it would be easier to get a mail notifying of > a firmware > upgrade every few months. Let me know what you think. I'd like > to get a lot > of input on this. Thanks. Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathaniel B. Klumb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: [brluglist] good price for the Linksys wireless cable/dsl > router 4port switch > > > > > Here's some info on the Linksys hardware we mentioned > > > at the meeting last night. Note that you will have to > > > buy a wireless network card for your laptop/palmtop/?. > > > > > > $178.95 > > > > > > http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?loc=14617&sku=10273558&Pa geFormat=7 > #product > > > > John Hebert > > Um, but this device "Connects to a Broadband Modem, a 10/100 Ethernet > Backbone or Wireless Network". It doesn't include a DSL interface or a > cable modem; it sounds like just another NAT router (just with wireless > tacked on). I looked through the Linksys site and didn't see any > switches/routers with integrated cable modem or DSL capabilities. > > -NK > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
