cox cable and linux

Carl,

I went with the hw router because at that time I had only one linux
machine to play with. And by play I mean break stuff. And everytime I
took the machine down I lost the internet connection I was using to
learn how to fix it. Not to mention, my wife got upset when she
couldn't surf ebay for a day or two untill I got around to fixing it.

So basically, I got the hw router for convenience. Don't get me wrong,
I wouldn't discourage anyone from learning how to setup a router on
linux. I've setup several little 486 linux routers for friends that
wanted to start home networks and they have had zero problems.

Carl Parrish wrote:
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> Will what was your reason for going with the hardware router? With
> prices dropping the way they have I have been tempted to get one. But
> can't justify it because my little 486 box is handling everything just
> fine.
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