Alternatives to Frys?

[Kimbro Staken]

Kurt Granroth wrote:
> 
> Craig White wrote:
> > The LinkSys internet routers are marginal quality.
> >
> > You should be ashamed of buying one of these since you are 'linux' informed.
> > There is nothing that this LinkSys router can do that you can't easily
> > accomplish running Linux with  2 NIC's.
> 
> I disagree.  I was using a Linux box with 2 NICs as my router and
> wasn't very pleased.  It was too big, too hot, and too loud to be used
> in my living room (where my BB cable comes in).  I got a Linuxsys
> router and have been pleased as punch ever since.
> 

Maybe this is a silly question but does it do NAT and port forwarding
for services? I've used a linux box for this for the last 4 years but
I'm an audiophile and this thing sits in the closet of my listening
room. Even with the door closed I can still hear the humming of the hard
drive and power supply fan. I would love to have something much quieter
and $130 might just be worth it for some peace.

> It took me all of 5 minutes to setup and has been rock-solid ever
> since.  Configuration is next to trivial and the "advanced" features
> (while not as complete as what ipchains or netfilter can do) did
> everything that I needed doing! It is also tiny, cool, and silent so I
> can easily hide it. :-)
> 
> I did quite some research on 'net routers before buying it and the
> Linksys was very well recommended.  There *were* some complaints about
> a particular version of the firmware, but mine had the updated one.
> 
> I would recommend this product to anyone!
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