-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott Bennett wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:31:43 +0100 Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:44:17PM -0800, algenon flower wrote: >> (snip) >> >>> behind a Linksys Firewall Router. >> Make sure this is not your weak spot. OpenWRT is a good firmware here. >> In general, it is always a good idea to buy a WRAP or ALIX (or its >> Soekris equivalent) piece of kit, and flash it with a decent firewall, >> like m0n0wall or pfSense. > > I've had problems with every Linksys router I've dealt with so far, > but mainly with wireless service. The built-in DHCP server, when presented > with a request from a machine to which it has already issued a lease, fails > to recognize that that machine is a current leaseholder and to issue it a > copy of the existing lease. Instead, it denies the request. This is a > worse problem for Windows than for FreeBSD in that Windows is far more > likely to decide it has lost contact with a Linksys wireless router than > FreeBSD is. (snip)
My Linksys router is a wireless one - albeit with a custom firmware. However, the machine running "kitsune" is hard-wired to its Ethernet switches; I'd never run a service over a wireless link. IMHO, it's far too flaky. (Regardless, the WLAN is - of course - running WPA2-PSK/AES with a 63-character pseudorandom key, for my own piece-of-mind...) >>> **Comcast always adds their own modem, I am wondering if the usual > > Not necessarily so. We saved a small amount per month by providing > a modem and router ourselves. Comcast's equipment was returned to them, and > they stopped billing for it. (snip) Good point - I bought a modem outright, and I no longer pay a rental fee (I've owned the router from day one). Well worth the investment, IMHO - it'll pay for itself within a year, under many plans. - -- F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+ Owner of Tor node "kitsune" http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHYyvIbgkxCAzYBCMRAl9BAJ0W5AODjCblxidTSmvE/CqgpqUcbACfQNon hBLH9yM+XOq16euR+e2GglA= =GYO7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
