Need Advice on Routers

[Stephen]

I am a big fan of an old box for linux ( via epia based system with
dual nic also comes to mind.)

openVPN or if you want vpn on an alternate system you can use smoothwall

or you can get any router and learn the ways of hamachi :-)

but this is really a momnet wher eyou decide what you want from it and
how much you want to invest in the solution.

not everyone has a via epia 600mhz board with dual nics sitting in the
background handy. ( the new Intel atom based boards aren't bad either.
or their predecessor)

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com> wrote:
> I second OpenVPN, it works very well with Windows and Linux.
> Eric
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:11 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not sure about the router to sugest (an old linux box comes to mind...
>>  :),
>> but for VPN: openvpn.net
>> Enrique
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Phillips writes:
>>
>> > I have a Linksys BFSX41 10/100 Cable Firewall Router with 4 Port Switch
>> > and
>> > VPN Endpoint that seems to be going through a slow death. I have a cable
>> > modem (Cox) on one side and a 100 MB LAN on the other side. If I plug
>> > the
>> > cable from the cable modem directly into my computer, I get the
>> > advertised
>> > "blazing fast speed." If I go through the router, my blazing fast speed
>> > drops to very slow - i.e. pages that load in a blink of an eye now take
>> > 10s
>> > of seconds to load. It seems to have something to do with heat - if I
>> > leave
>> > the router off for an hour, and then reconnect it, I get blazing speed
>> > for
>> > awhile, then it slows down.
>> >
>> > I am looking for suggestions for a replacement router. I never could get
>> > the
>> > VPN part of this router to work with Linux, and I would like to be able
>> > to
>> > get to my network from outside through a VPN. So that is important.
>> > Other
>> > than that, I just need 100 BaseT network speed and at least 4 ports -
>> > more
>> > would be better. I have a separate Linksys wireless access point/hub
>> > that I
>> > turn on when I need to be mobile, so I don't need more wireless gear. I
>> > have
>> > to admit, I leave the router on all the time, so it needs to be sturdy!
>> > The
>> > exact same router on Newegg costs $69, so my price point is under $100.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Mark
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