[CLUE-Talk] Seeking recommendations on router for SOHO

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The Cisco 675 is already a router. Do you mean you are looking for
a firewall to place between your router and network?

If so, I would recommend the Linksys over the Netgear.

Last time I tested the Netgear, it had a telnet text interface
which was very clunky to use. It also lost my configuration on two
occasions -- this required that I reinstall the OS.

The Linksys was just too easy to use. Configuration is done through
a web interface.

I have recently rebuilt an old computer into a firewall. Now all
the cracking attempts are being logged... makes interesting
reading of the log file.

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On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 11:32:24 -0600
bof <bof at pcisys.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm thinking about setting up a small home network and have been looking 
> at routers to use with my Cisco 675 in the bridging mode.
> 
> The two in my price range are the
> 
>     Linksys BEFSR41 
> (http://www.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?grid=23&prid=20)
> 
> and the
> 
>     Netgear RP114 
> (http://www.netgear.com/product_view.asp?xrp=4&yrp=12&zrp=93)
> 
> It looks like the Netgear might be slightly more suitable because it has 
> some logging features that the Linksys does not.
> 
> So I'm seeking opinions/experiences about these. OTOH, for that matter, 
> if anyone has recommendation of a good router other than these 
> (preferably less than $100, but I might go as high as $200), I would 
> like to hear it.
> 
> BOF
> 
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