Linksys Firewall/router

[mrkshrt at transparentsolutions.com]

I have a netgear rm356 that works pretty well, no problems.
It is nice to have as a backup to my Linksys router/switch/firewall.
And they both get hacked only a few times a day, which is OK by me.

;)

Only problems I have had with NAT are none that I know of, only ports that
get through are the ones that you forward.
I don't play network games or a lot of that type of stuff, may have a little
configuration problems with some of those, but making a machine the DMZ
machine should let you work around that if you need to.

Mark

PS. I like the idea of a dedicated little hardware device being my router
firewall personally.
If there is some big gaping hole in it I would sure like to know so I can
protect myself.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Hammitt [mailto:tony at speedscript.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 12:34 PM
To: unlisted-recipients
Cc: KCLUG List
Subject: Re: Linksys Firewall/router

Now seems like a good time to ask this:

Does anyone have any recommendations on a dialup modem equivalent of Linksys
cable/DSL router?  I've asked this at meetings before and think that the
rest
of the list may want to also know what the response is.

I remember hearing about something called webramp or some such, and that
possibly
Cisco makes such a device, but does anyone have any links?   Have you used
one
personally?  Is it good enough to run a business off of?

TIA,

	Tony

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Apollo" <apollo7771 at home.com>
> 
> > Hello,  I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Linksys
> > firewall/routers.  ... I got in a debate with a
> > tech about the reliability of these firewalls.  He didn't believe that
> these
> > firewalls were any good because they didn't block enough ports.
> 
> I believe the correct phrase is "Talking through his hat".  Firewalls
don't
> even have to block ports if you're using NAT.
>