High Speed Internet and Modems and stuff

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:46:10AM -0400, Jon Thiele wrote:
> i would strongly recommend getting a router so that the pc is not natively
> connected to the internet...

I did this for my parents.  What a pain.  Someone please tell me what
brand model router has the ability to run for 3+ months without crashing
and requiring a power cycle every week, couple of days, every hour,
depending on its mood.  So far I am very pissed off at the linksys
befsr41

> this way, you configure the router and not your pc - simply set your pc to
> dhcp and let the router handle the details...

My 486 made a better firewall/router than the standalone boxes I have
dealt with so far.  At least it doesn't crash.

I am very disappointed in the dedicated boxes so far given they have
only one stupid little task to do and they should be able to be treated
as an appliance: Plug it in, configure it, forget about it.

Lennart Sorensen
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