Hmmm... I've never thought about network performance being slower with my old 486. Guess that's a good justification for me to buy a NAT/router/hub/wireless access point! :) I'm looking at the Linksys BEFW11S4 (http://www.techdepot.com/product.asp?ProductID=119128&CatID=237&IID=866).
John Hebert --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried that. However, _Without_ the $80 box, I got > about 700 kbps. > With the hardware box I get 2.2 mbps. It does make > a difference. My > gateway used to be a 486 at 66 mhz. Now it is an > Allied Telesyn NAT > router. > > Shannon > > P.S. - I will let y'all know how Usenix goes in San > Francisco. I am on > the way to go out of town to San Francisco, then > Pasadena for a few days > (CalTech) and then back to the area north of SF to > visit friends where I > used to live. > > On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 13:09, John Hebert wrote: > > If $80 is too much, just throw OpenBSD 3.1 on an > old > > 486 and follow FAQ to setup a nice and secure > > NAT/firewall box. > > > > John Hebert > > > > --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I use a nat router at home, and even recommend > them > > > for anyone who has > > > even a single computer at home. This screws > most > > > port scans... I am on > > > Cox also. You can get one for around 80 bucks > now. > > > > > > Shannon > > > > > > On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 01:48, Alex wrote: > > > > I know ISPs have the right (by their TOS > > > agreement) to monitor and probe > > > > people.. I have just started messing with > > > iptables. I'm a Cox.net cable > > > > modem user and out of paranoia, I am blocking > all > > > IP addresses owned by > > > > Cox.net > > > > > > > > I figured out how to get syslog to write the > data > > > from iptables to a file > > > > and I'm notcing that I'm currently being > > > portscanned by both the "dns" > > > > server and the "proxy" server. Both of these > are > > > scanning the same > > > > ports at the same time. Seeing a lot of stuff > from > > > kazaa users was > > > > one thing, but what are the cox people up to? > Do > > > they scan everyone or > > > > just the suspicious users? What I am seeing > is > > > not a scan of specific > > > > ports (like their "authorized-scans--xxxx" > > > address used to do on the > > > > @home network, but an all out portscan.. > They > > > are scanning around the > > > > 2800-2900 range (I have only witnessed this > range > > > so far, but it is still > > > > continuing), one port at a time... (very > slowly) > > > > > > > > I installed Apache the other day. I'm not > > > interested in running a > > > > webserver, but I like to test and debug > scripts > > > locally and then upload > > > > them. Lord forbid they detected Apache > before I > > > could edit the conf > > > > files.... > > > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > -- > > > Shannon Roddy > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > Systems Administrator California Institute of > > > Technology > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston > > > Observatory > > > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > > > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA > 70754 > > > Web Page > http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > > > Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > > > Wireless Email (255 Chars) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > > http://health.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- > Shannon Roddy > __________________________________________________________________ > Systems Administrator California Institute of > Technology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston > Observatory > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > Wireless Email (255 Chars) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
