Router for a small network of about 25-30 users

[Teddy David Mills]

I think if you went with SmoothWall or IPCOP, you would do just fine.
And if you really had to choose, I would select IPCOP over SmoothWall.

you could get a linksys, and get it up and running faster, but you would 
have a lot finer control
over your firewall with a firewall distro.  besides, getting a real 
ipsec-vpn (not a Microsoft L2 VPN)
running between ipcop setups is fun and educational (use TauVPN client )








Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 09:55:31AM -0700, Michael Yang wrote:
>   
>> I am now considering an new router for a network of 25-30 users (mixed Linux and Windows workstations and a few servers). Currently, the router is an older PC and it connects to a switch and then everyone connected. I wonder whether someone has a good model to recommend.
>>     
>
> Unless it is a _very_ old PC, I would say you have a good router already.
> Unless you plan to buy an expensive router, such as one of the Cisoco
> or similar class, then a PC would do at least as well.  Home router junk
> boxes are no match for any reasonable PC, unless you just want something
> with a simple web interface, but no real ability to add new features.
>
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