For your money a linux router will do a whole lot more. I know companies that use them (ones bigger than you sound) and have very little issue. There are also commercial linux alternatives, netbox blue, snapgear (now owned by secure computing who is owned by macaffee http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=1485), heck even Checkpoint now run SPLAT (Checkpoint modified linux) on commodity HP servers. If you are looking the route of a user Cisco which won't do much more than packet filtering and Nat. You should at least knock together with even an old p3 a Linux router to see how it goes, you can put in a second disk for Raid1 through mdraid or LVM, and then even put in a second box for redundancy.
On The TZ170, these were notorious for issues, from overheating to random packet broadcasts that would flood the network. Check for a newer firmware, they fix a lot of the issues. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >>>>> "Amos" == Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Amos> 2008/10/28 Dave Kempe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Amos Shapira wrote: > >>> We already have the xDSL modems. I think what I need is an > >>> Ethernet-connected box which can copy bits around more efficiently > >>> than the TZ170. > >> hate to be obvious about it and all, but have you considered a > >> linux box? > > Amos> Yes, and even my boss asked this and actually over a year ago I > Amos> designed such an option (with two boxes and fail-over). We might > Amos> even have enough spare hardware to do that (plus buy some NIC's) > Amos> but: > > Also, have you considered other manufacturers? For example, I'm a bit > of a fan of the HP Procurve routers ... they're similarly functional > to the CISCO ones but a bit cheaper, depending on what you want to > do. And I really like their warranty (basically, if it dies because > of a fault, they'll fix it, forever). > > Peter C > > (Disclaimer: HP used to fund us, but that didn't mean they gave us any > switchgear). > > -- > Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT > gelato.unsw.edu.au > http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT > Australia > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Regards Morgan Storey. Senior Network and Security Consultant. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
