Linux Router's

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 08:17:39PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:29:48PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:33:28PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> >> If you're not doing this just as an exercise in setting up Linux routers,
> >> you might want to look at the LinkSys Cable/DSL VPN router with built-in 4
> >> port 10/100 Switch (I think it runs embedded Linux).  They handle ipsec
> >> tunnels, NAT, and port forwarding through to machines on the internal
> >> private network, are configured with a web interface, and are basically
> >> cheap ($180US at my friendly neighborhood CompuUSA).
> >
> >More like US$99 at my friendly Office Depot.  For about US$180 you should
> >also get a wireless network.  Check around.
> 
> My guess is that is the plain router version, not the one with IPSEC VPN.
> The wholesale cost on the LinkSys VPN box is about $150US.
> 
> There are quite a few boxes that do NAT and basic firewalling in
> the $70-90 price range.
> 
> Bill

It's model BEFSR41 ver 2 from Linksys.  There are indeed a lot of models,
so I'm not all that sure of features.  I've installed two of these, though,
and they form the local 100MB LAN for in-house traffic in both places,
as well as handling the uplink to the Cable/DSL modems (one of each).

++ kevin

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