[CLUE-Tech] AT&T@home and Linux Network

[Joshua M. McClain]

Tim, can the Linksys box provide port redirection from external sources to
internal clients?  I know the D-Link does, and quite well.  But if there's
an old 486 lying around, why spend the coin on a new box?, when ipchains
should be more than anyone should ever need at home.  Plus, the experience
of running a firewall.  My $0.02.

You are correct, though -- a small appliance would consume less juice (and
generate much less heat) than another computer.

Josh McClain
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Bailey, CO
tartan at mindspring.com

> If you leave your Linux box on all the time, this works great, after you
> do some setup.  If you want something a bit less power-hungry you might
> consider a Linksys or similar firewall appliance.  I have one with a
> built-in Wireless Access Point and it works very well and includes the
> DHCP server.