I have this impression that SMC products are not anyway better than the say, Linksys or D-link Maybe this? http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=29&prid=433
Any experience comparison data? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [plug] hardware firewall > > We have a simple DSL router that also acts as a > > firewall to > > the internal network by forwarding only certain > > ports to > > different internal servers. > > > > A colleague has been insisting that we need a > > physical > > firewall (hardware). I'm not sure what to > > recommend. > > Are there any major firewall hardware that do > > more > > than port forwarding? Maybe an all-in-one dsl > > modem/router, > > firewall and should support VPN connections > > (maybe from Microsoft also?) > > Or is it better to get separate boxes for each? > > Highly recommended (I don't work for them, just > a happy customer.) is the smc Barricade > Cable/DSL > Broadband Router series. cheap and surprised by > the features that it has. 4 port 10/100mbps plus > router barricade is what i'm using. > > Some of the features: > firmware upgradeable > VPN support (excellent support) > NAT and dhcp > firewall support (access control, mac filtering, > URL blocking, schedule rule, anti DoS > protection, Stateful packet inspection!) > DMZ support > address mapping > Virtual server (this is what you want) > special application trigger port support > upnp support (msn messenger voice actually works!) > > The above is for SOHO use, your needs might be > different, so check www.smc.com for more info. > > regards, > Andre Varon > http://andre.lasaltech.com > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
