Need Advice on Routers

[Eric Shubert]

Mark,

I have a couple old e-machines that I made into IPCop firewall/routers, 
and have been decommissioned for a while (they were virtualized). All 
you'd need is a switch for the green (LAN) subnet, and you're good to 
go. I can sell you one for a reasonable price. Let me know if you're 
interested.

Oh, I recommend going this route (old system loaded w/ linux firewall 
distro) whether you get one from me or not. ;) I've been running IPCop 
for a number of years now and it's been very reliable.

Mark Phillips wrote:
> 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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-Eric 'shubes'