[ale] Broadband Router Recommendations?

[Keith R. Watson]

At 19:00 9/8/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>         At long last, my faithful 200 MHz 'puter that is my router and IP
>masquerader is about to bite the dust.  It uses an AT power supply, of
>which I had two, but only one is working :-(.
>
>         Does anyone have any opinions for or against of the various 
> routers?  I
>see Monarch has a D-Link DI-604 4-port for $50.  The only thing that
>makes me wary is the heading, "Simple Set-Up Wizard for Easy
>Installation".  I only run Linux @ home, and "wizards" are typically
>windows.  I'd like one that had a web based approach, I think.
>
>         Let the opinions fly!
>
>         Thanks!
>
>--
>kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the
>medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.
>
>Danny

Danny,

If you do decide to buy a firewall/router you should check out the Linksys 
WRT54GS. Its a wireless B/G router but it also has four 10/100 ports. The 
best part is the operating system is Linux based and open source. There are 
several versions of the O/S available with a wide variety of features and 
in one case you can even roll your own.

The WRT54GS has twice the memory as the WRT54G so if gives you plenty of 
room to play. I recently got one at Best Buy for $79 after a $10 rebate. I 
have seen them on sale for as low as $59 (after rebate).

If you need web links let me know and I'll send you my collection.

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ISD
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
404-894-0836