Kimbro Staken wrote: > > 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. Yes. I have it setup so that all the computers in my house are masq as 'granroth.org' going out. I then forwarded all smtp and http requests to one computer and all ssh requests to another. All other requests are blocked completely. There is also an option to forward *everything* to a DMZ... but I haven't needed to do that yet. This is the one I got: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5 There is a link to the User guide (in PDF) that has screenshots of all of the admin screens. It's entirely controlled by a web browser (Konqueror works fine). I got mine for $99 after a $30 rebate from outpost.com I'm not affiliated with Linksys at all.. but after getting four ethernet cards, three hubs, an internet router, and a kvm switch and being immensely satisfied with both price and performance (and looks in the case of the router and kvm switch) of all of them, I'm a Linksys fan for life -- Kurt Granroth | http://www.granroth.org KDE Developer/Evangelist | SuSE Labs Open Source Developer granroth@kde.org | granroth@suse.com KDE -- Conquer Your Desktop