-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Speaking purley for myself and only on opinion: I have a LinkSys router sitting under my desk getting dusty... For serious server access it SUX. Try running server daemon on that with the forwarding rules supplied by LinkSys and it's trouble... For example BnetD has issues with it. NWServ has issues with it, and thats just to name a few. If you plan to use one of these for the LAN bear this in mind if you intend to offer externally available services... I noticed the SuSE router/firewall solution was much faster with throughput. Max download speed with router was topping out about 40KBs. With the SuSE router I'm averaging over 70KBs Now this is using DSL on crappy phone lines out here in the boonies, and I realize that bandwidth is a fluctuating thing. Just my $0.02 I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed for this post but I feel I have to voice my discontent on this .. *donning my flame retardant apparel as we speak... Pagan On Thursday 03 April 2003 06:48, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:13:05 +0000
Leslie Forrest <leslie.forrest@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
Currently, I use my desktop as a firewall, routing etc connected to a cable modem. I, also connect my laptop to a 2nd NIC in the same desktop computer. Now I am going to need another NIC for my PS2. I have read that a stand-alone router connected to my cable modem would be the best solution. I have carried out some preliminary investigations and I think the Linksys BEFSR41 will do.
I have a Linksys BEFSR41 and have had very good luck and zero problems with it. I replaced it with a Linksys BEFW11S4 which is essentially the same unit with a built in wireless. Again, zero problems. The units are low cost. The advantage is that your entire network would be protected by an external firewall (also the firewall is pretty much of a NAT with port blocking). You can still run firewall software in the PCs and SuSE Linux system. My configuration is: 1 SuSE Desktop with static IP address. Runs sendmail via port forwarding. 2. Windows ME (wife) with static IP because I back it up daily on my SuSE system 3. Another older Windows system that is off most of the time. 4. My SuSE laptop (dynamic IP). For wireless, I pop my wireless card in my laptop if I want to use it somewhere else in the building. When my daughter visits, she also uses her Mac laptop via wireless.
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I have had no problems with my befsr11 router, I simply put my linux box in the DMZ and all services work fine. My guess as to your problems pagan would be user error j/k :-) I love my linksys router the only option I wish it had was the ability to map ports to different ports like 8080 external to 80 on one machine internally, it can only do straight port forwarding 8080 ext -> 8080 int. Other than this issue the linksys routers are just about perfect imho Rob -----Original Message----- From: Pagan (by way of Pagan <ambrosius@mailandnews.com>) [mailto:ambrosius@mailandnews.com] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:14 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Cable Modem Router Question -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Speaking purley for myself and only on opinion: I have a LinkSys router sitting under my desk getting dusty... For serious server access it SUX. Try running server daemon on that with the forwarding rules supplied by LinkSys and it's trouble... For example BnetD has issues with it. NWServ has issues with it, and thats just to name a few. If you plan to use one of these for the LAN bear this in mind if you intend to offer externally available services... I noticed the SuSE router/firewall solution was much faster with throughput. Max download speed with router was topping out about 40KBs. With the SuSE router I'm averaging over 70KBs Now this is using DSL on crappy phone lines out here in the boonies, and I realize that bandwidth is a fluctuating thing. Just my $0.02 I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed for this post but I feel I have to voice my discontent on this .. *donning my flame retardant apparel as we speak... Pagan On Thursday 03 April 2003 06:48, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:13:05 +0000
Leslie Forrest <leslie.forrest@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
Currently, I use my desktop as a firewall, routing etc connected to a cable modem. I, also connect my laptop to a 2nd NIC in the same desktop computer. Now I am going to need another NIC for my PS2. I have read that a stand-alone router connected to my cable modem would be the best solution. I have carried out some preliminary investigations and I think the Linksys BEFSR41 will do.
I have a Linksys BEFSR41 and have had very good luck and zero problems with it. I replaced it with a Linksys BEFW11S4 which is essentially the same unit with a built in wireless. Again, zero problems. The units are low cost. The advantage is that your entire network would be protected by an external firewall (also the firewall is pretty much of a NAT with port blocking). You can still run firewall software in the PCs and SuSE Linux system. My configuration is: 1 SuSE Desktop with static IP address. Runs sendmail via port forwarding. 2. Windows ME (wife) with static IP because I back it up daily on my SuSE system 3. Another older Windows system that is off most of the time. 4. My SuSE laptop (dynamic IP). For wireless, I pop my wireless card in my laptop if I want to use it somewhere else in the building. When my daughter visits, she also uses her Mac laptop via wireless.
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:31:36 -0600 "Rob Sell" <robs@facnd.com> wrote:
I have had no problems with my befsr11 router, I simply put my linux box in the DMZ and all services work fine. My guess as to your problems pagan would be user error j/k :-)
I love my linksys router the only option I wish it had was the ability to map ports to different ports like 8080 external to 80 on one machine internally, it can only do straight port forwarding 8080 ext -> 8080 int. Other than this issue the linksys routers are just about perfect imho The BEFSR41 and the BEFW11S4 both allow the port remappings. Again, the cable modem routers are simple NAT boxes, not sophisticated rule-based firewalls. But, they do provide a decent level of protection. The befsr11 is also a slower box.
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