[pm-h] shopping for used router - wired
G. Wade Johnson
gwadej at anomaly.org
Thu May 10 05:21:14 PDT 2007
On Thu, 10 May 2007 02:13:27 -0500
"Russell L. Harris" <rlharris at oplink.net> wrote:
> As a result of a conversation at the Tuesday meeting regarding power
> consumption, I now am shopping around for a firmware
> firewall/router/DHCP server for my home network, to replace an old
> Pentium-II machine running SmoothWall Express 2.0.
>
> The Cisco/Linksys brand was recommended to me.
>
> I have an ADSL connection to the Internet. I have an ADSL modem and
> an external 10/100 Ethernet switch, and no plans for wireless.
>
> So if I end up purchasing a new router, I likely would choose a
> no-frills unit such as the Linksys BEFSR11.
>
> Perhaps you have upgraded to a wireless firewall/router and have in
> the closet collecting dust an old wired router which would be
> suitable for my application.
As I said at the meeting, I have a Netgear RP 614 that I no longer have
need of.
G. Wade
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