[ale] Brodband routers

cfowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Wed Aug 7 11:30:10 EDT 2002


I'm not so concerned of encryption in the air.  I use ssh mostly.  I do
not want someone to pull in my driveway and get free internet access.


On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 11:15, Brian J. Dowd wrote:
> I use a Netgear setup. A little expensive for desktop systems I think 
> since you need to insert
> their model 401 pcmcia card into the back of each machine's model 301 
> PCI card (so you have to buy both).
> You set the machines up as 192.168.x.x or you can require that the radio 
> modem only talk to specific
> MAC addressed cards. Choice of none, 64 (AKA 40) bit or 128 bit encryption.
> -Brian
> 
> cfowler wrote:
> 
> >A friend and I were discussing the idea of purchasing 802.11B/Ethernet
> >DSL routers for our home.  currently I use Linux as my firewall because
> >I use NAT to allow only SSH in.  Is there a good unit that can be picked
> >up at Best Buy or CompuUsa that provides good needed functionality?  We
> >are looking at the Linksys 4 port + 802.11b unit.  Security is also on
> >our minds.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
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