John Andersen wrote:
On Monday 01 December 2003 23:51, Stanley Keymer wrote:
Stanley Keymer wrote:
On my Home network I am thinking of installing a Cable router/firewall.
I have looked at the D-Link 604 and also the Linksys BEFsx41. Was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with these. And would they recomend them or not. And lost but not least, do they work well with Linux. I know they are WebBased configured. which should be OK with Linux.
What iI need is: - Firewall protection - URL filtering, Controlled blocking for example Java, ActiveX etc - IPSec and PPTP - Logging - DHCP Server - NTP support - VPN
Thanks Stanley
Thanks guys bought the D-Link 604 yesterday for 49€, set it up in 10mins. Works great!!
Of course you never did explain why, when you are running Linux, you thought you needed one of these over priced pieces of obsolete technology. You have a much more capable and secure firewall router, traffic shaper, URL filter, IpSEc, Logging, Dhcp Server, with ntp support, VPN, SAMBA etc, etc,etc SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!!!.
Just as I went on to a cable modem, a firewall was the next obvious thing. I used floppyfw on an old Cyrix M200 with HD and CDROM taken out. I just couldn't get some ports working for hamradio VOIP and got no reply to my request for help from the developer, so I switched to BBIagent (http://BBIagent.net) which is also floppy based (CD option for dosh) and very intuitive to set up remotely by any java enabled browser. It has DHCP server and Printer serving included, NTP I have running on all the boxes behind the firewall. I wonder how current the commercial boxes are, especially with updates when vulnerabilities are discovered. In addition to my hamradio stuff, I use it for gnomemeeting, netmeeting (via crossover), VPN in to work for which I thought I'd have to install Astaro Linux, then work sent me the Cisco VPN client for Linux. One of my friends said he bought a router for 300 UK Pounds, then discovered he could have done it all in Linux. I suppose the one reason for having a separate gadget is isolation of all your other boxes. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Linux Only Shop.