From: Tom Gal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Buy your prices seem to be way off- a quick check of pricewatch shows
dlink
> gigabit routers as low as 100- which is a reasonable price. You're
> thinking of much more high end stuff than I want, I think. Take a look
at
> something like http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=371&#DGL-4100. 4
> internal gigabit ports, an external 10/100 port (which is all I need),
NAT
> and a firewall. Its something like this that I want. Hell, for 109 at
new
> egg I might just grab it.
>
That's not a gigabit router, none of the gigabit ports are network
layer aware. It's a 100MB router with a gigabit switch just to be
clear on the distinction, though it's likely exactly what you want.
Actually, I found the 4300 model- 20 bucks more for wireless, not too
shabby. I'm grabbing it, I think it is pretty much what I want. More ports
would be nice, but I can always buy a hub/switch.
For simple curiosity, I'd like to know why you don't think it qualifies as a
true gigabit router. The network layer (if I remember my OSI model
correctly) is the IP level, correct? How can the router not be aware of the
IP layer? I probably don't understand what you mean by the term aware.
Gabe
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