Alan,

If you are looking for a wired solution then get the D-Link DI-604 broadband
router. This is a great router with a built in firewall that you can add
rules to. It also had some parent controls built in for web page filtering
and web site filtering. At Fry's, and Best Buy, it runs about $49.00.

If you need a wireless solution get the Linksys WRT54G. This has a firewall
built into it, and similar parent controls, like the DI-604. The advantage
to this router is that MAC filtering will filter only the wireless side of
the LAN not the wired side, which makes since. The D-Link wireless router,
the DI-624, applies MAC filtering to the whole internal LAN which just makes
no since and limits the environments that the router can be used in. This
router will run any where from about $60.00 to $73.00 at most stores. The
other advantages with this router is that, in many cases, signal level drop
very drastically in some environments and the Linksys wireless range
extender, WRE54G, works without a hitch in most of the installs I have used
it for.

I hope this helps.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Alan
Dayley
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:55 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Residential firewall appliance recommendation?


My father needs a firewall/NAT appliance on his Cox connection.  We have
an old box I attempted to put IPCop on today but it is failing in various
ways (hard drive failure, then not, then CD-ROM not reading, then does,
random).  It is not worth messing with any more, IMO.  (166MHz AMD cpu,
and other oldness)

So, I wanted to find a firewall/NAT router appliance that we could just go
buy and be done with it.  It will have two computers behind it on a Cox
residential broadband connection.  Wireless not needed.

I know the usual choices, I just thought I'd ask the group for opinions on
security and reliability.  Which one(s) are the better of the devices
available?

Alan


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