High Speed Internet and Modems and stuff

[Jon Thiele]

very strange - i have never experienced anything like this...  i've used
linksys, smc and even the low-end dlinks without issues.  old firmware
maybe???


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From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Lennart
Sorensen
Sent: April 13, 2005 10:53 AM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: High Speed Internet and Modems and stuff


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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