Hi Alan, Here's a post from one of the forum's I belong to. I was thinking about getting one becuase of the content filtering. I know that's not what you need but the rest looks like what you want, a firewall/router. There are four models on the website, one for $176.00, one for $200.00 and two more that are over $200.00. What caught my attention from your post is that he said he hasnt had to reboot his since his last firmware upgrade...of course, i dont know when the upgrade was...
Here's the link to the website and a copy of his post: hope it helps. john https://www.nw-ds.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2 Router for Open Source Christians May 07, 2008 by JMclaughlin in Linux at Church, OpenSource Projects A while back on my other hangout, I reviewed the ALIX LX800-40 from New World Data Systems. This router runs on the pfSense firewall software based on BSD. It was a fork from the m0n0wall project. What really makes this router the berries for Christian parents and for churches is that it has filtering software builtin via SquidGuard which uses the Squid Proxy server. If that's all it did, it would be cool but you can also keep track of yoru usage as well as throttling specific ports and more. Sure, you could use some of the other projects out there and build your own solution, but this one is ready for purchase today at New World's site. It's also fully supported. Something like this would be perfect for your church and I must say that mine has been rock solid reliable. I have never had to reboot this thing since the last firmware udate. That's saying something! On Fri, 9 May 2008, Alan Snyder wrote: > My uncle installs cctv cameras for small companies and b&m shops. they > regularly request remote login to look at cameras and review logs, > etc. I've been helping him set this up and have traditionally used the > customer's own routers (usually netgear or linksys off the shelf > stuff) and it seems every month or so we have to show up on-site and > reboot the darn thing. even after firmware updates, etc, we still have > problems with this class of hardware not behaving. Can anyone > recommend a place to get a small box that can run a simple firewall > (linux preferable but not required) that is reliable and that we > wouldn't have to reboot every few weeks. I'd even opt for a used > low-end cisco router if the price was right... we're trying to stay > around $100-$200. Any thoughts? > > AdThanksVance > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > Aug 6 - Zenos > Sep 3 - TBD _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
