Does anyone know of a "Personal Firewall" (i.e. low cost appliance) which can accomodate both USB and ethernet connection types ??
Specifically, I need on for a mobile office which will have a satellite broadband link (USB in) and protect a PC on our intranet (ether out) Thanks a ton, for any recs/advice you care to offer > -----Original Message----- > From: Loren Wagner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:13 PM > To: Lauren Horn; Firewalls List > Subject: Re: NetGear FR314/PPPoE possible routing problem > > Lauren, > > What you are describing sounds similar to a problem we have seen with > devices that have autosensing NICs but do not always autosense correctly. > When this happens the speeds are usually o.k. between the device and a hub > or a switch but the duplex setting is incorrect. Low volume traffic such > a > pings works fine but higher volume traffic slows down a bunch due to > collisions and retransmissions. Something to consider. > > Good luck, > > Loren Wagner > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lauren Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Firewalls List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:24 PM > Subject: NetGear FR314/PPPoE possible routing problem > > > > A client of mine must get his broadband connection via DSL from a > > particular ISP (Whose staff, I'll say at the start, have been > > unfailingly pleasant to deal with but who admit to having no idea > > what's wrong.) > > > > The client wants a stateful packet inspection (hereinafter STPI) > > firewall rather than a simple NAT box, and we have tried two: the > > SOHOware NBG800 and the NetGear FR314. The SOHOware unit was knocked > > out due (the ISP says) to an incompatible and non-adjustable MTU. The > > NetGear unit almost works, and that's where it gets interesting. > > > > The problem in a nutshell: > > > > With the firewall in place, some web sites won't load, or rather load > > so slowly that something times out before they complete. With the DSL > > modem connected directly to the client's PC, the sites load fine. > > > > It seems that either the NetGear box has a suble routing problem that > > occurs only when it is hooked to a PPPoE ISP, or the ISP has a sutble > > problem, perhaps with STPI firewalls, that they can't figure out. > > > > The details: > > > > FWIW I have tried Both IE5x and Netscape 4.7x browsers. A few sites > > are marginal, and work intermittently with the firewall in place. > > (DSLreports, for example.) > > > > A perfect example of the problem is found in the ISP/phone company's > > own web pages. www.acsalaska.com comes up fine, but (with the > > firewall in place) www.acsalaska.net does not. > > > > FWIW, I can ping sites that allow it to my heart's content, regardless > > of whether the firewall is in place or not. The reply times were in > > line with what I expect up here. > > > > This problem has been reproduced during three site visits on different > > days. The ISP's and NetGear's techs thought there was something wrong > > with the firewall itself. So I used the unit in my own network, which > > uses a cable modem (non-PPPoE) for Internet access, and had no problem > > with it. > > > > The only router/firewall supported by this ISP is a Nexland NAT-only > > unit. One ISP tech said SonicWALL's firewalls will not work with > > their service, but couldn't say why. That last piece of information > > is my only lead, as I hear rumor that the FR314's firmware is licensed > > from SonicWALL. > > > > I know of other STPI firewalls in the under-$200 range, but I want to > > have some idea of what's wrong before the client buys another one. > > > > Well, I've tried to keep all this short, and I apologize for failing. > > Does this problem ring any bells? > > > > -Lauren > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Firewalls mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
