On Monday 22 January 2007 17:32, Greg Wallace wrote:
I just purchased a Belkin 4 port router and the built-in firewall in it is leaking like a sieve (constantly getting intrusions). I had always used Linksys, but they just don't seem to last very long in my experience. So, I'm looking for alternatives. I like IOGEAR equipment, but they don't make wired routers and I'd just as soon not go wireless right now (personal choice). In doing some browsing, I found out that Netgear and D-Link both make wired routers. Anyone had experience with either of these? Anyone have another alternative brand to recommend?
I've used Netgear and found them quite satisfactory. I've used both their wired and wireless. (Note: on the netgear wireless routers you can turn off the radio and just use the wired portion, holding the wireless against the day when relatives with lap tops visit). I mention this because the price with wireless is seldom any more expensive than the price without wireless these days. I too have had to replace a couple linksys routers and always did so with netgear. Biggest complaint: not all models support active ftp (or what ever non-passive ftp is called) because they left that particular flavor of connection tracking out of their iptables setup. They do support passive ftp just fine. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org