High Speed Internet and Modems and stuff

[Peter]

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> 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

try eci (is linux 2.4.17 based (mips cpu))

>> 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.

Peter
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