maccrawj wrote:
Any *nix based appliance router is going to have the same features
capabilities assuming:
1. Software exists
2. sufficient RAM ROM
3. powerful enough CPU
What's made the linksys 54's and similar hardware from other vendors so
popular that they have enough of all 3 for
Any *nix based appliance router is going to have the same features capabilities
assuming:
1. Software exists
2. sufficient RAM ROM
3. powerful enough CPU
What's made the linksys 54's and similar hardware from other vendors so popular that
they have enough of all 3 for home or soho bandwidth
If you are looking for a complete firewall, spam, malware solution check out
Astaro's Security gateway. They sell it as a hardware box for commercial
users but it's available for free as either a VMware appliance or a bootable
Linux Live type ISO that can be put on any old grey box:
Thanks Scott, and, yeah, I've looked into the Soekris products.
They seem expensive, though, as I would need some additional Soekris components
for the purpose.
At the moment, Asus' new Eee PC 701 for the firewall seems like a good buy.
This is for my home office, so the cheaper the better.
Not yet, but I've set up a few of the 54 models for friends.
My reason for a stand alone system for firewalling, is that with my current solution, I've had absolutely zero spam, trojans, spyware, and what have we - for years. And
I'd very much like to keep it that way.
I'll check out the
