MonMotha wrote: > > I use a computer as my router :) > > I think various other people probably know why :) > > Basically, there's a lot of stuff I can do with a linux box I just can't > do on a cheap linksys router. Heck, there's stuff I can do with a Linux > box that I can't do with an expensive Cisco... > > --MonMotha > > Dan George wrote: > > How many use RR and have a router (Linksys) or do you use a computer > > as a router? What are the pros and cons. > > > #############
We use Linux boxes for routers here too as well as at our sattelite location. Ours are very solid. Cost is nearly nothing. Some time to make the box with a 486 board and program the firewall or disc that you use. Like the Mon says. We like 'em. Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043