John and John,
Exactly. I fiddle-farted around with a number of options, including trying
to do it on my own (what a joke). I found STN to be the one program that I
could install, tweak just a little, and forget. I have a life...I didn't
want to spend it training a firewall. It has its limitations: I never have
been able to get it to work with Netmeeting, and I have trouble entering
chat mode or doing file transfer through ICQ. But neither of these is
earth-shattering; if my friends insist on showing me their ugly mugs I can
use CUSeeMe, and if I want to send them a file or watch them hunt and peck
out a message in real time, I can use these features in Yahoo.
Plus, as Robin points out, there is the hardware issue: what a WONDERFUL way
to convince my wife that I really did have a good reason not to let her
throw away that old 386 that collected dust for years!
Cheers,
Carl
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:54:20 +0300
> From: John Tully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [ShareTheNet] MikroTik software (mislabeled "SPAM Alert")
>
>
> Hello Carl,
>
> I agree with you. The MikroTik router does not have the "automatic"
> firewall. Each rule must be added to the filters. The STN project has
a
> kind of simple quick implementation -- for those that need the ready made
> setup, this is good. For those that need an all purpose router and want
> the DIY approach and are quite informed about firewalling rules, the
> MikroTik router provides the possiblities.
>
> I am on your side - censorship is not the American way!
>
> John Tully
> (US citizen - though I am living oversees at the moment)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:35:51 -0500
> From: john burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [ShareTheNet] MikroTik software (mislabeled "SPAM Alert")
>
>
> You're not wrong.
>
> STN is quite versatile, and accomplishes what many smallish sites need
"out of the box".
>
>
>
> --==jb==--
>
> --
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> john burton
> Midwest City, Oklahoma
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:20:30 GMT
> From: "Robin Breuker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [ShareTheNet] MikroTik software (mislabeled "SPAM Alert")
>
>
> By the way,
>
> I'm sure i can't install MikroTik on my old 386
> which STN works perfect.
>
> Robin
>
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