[Gloucs] New router advice

[Gareth Bromley]

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Anthony Edward Cooper wrote:
>>> I currently have a Smoothwall box performing the router/firewall
>>> function on my network.  It's an old PC, it will break one day and  it's
>>> consuming lots of power being on 24/7.  I was thinking of replacing it
>>> with a small, lower power box from the likes of Netgear or D-Link.
Try getting an appliance device like Netscreen 5XP/5GT off eBay, cheap
functional, many modes and some support VLANs for DMZ like functions.

>>> The problem is is they don't appear to be as good.  The main feature
>>> they appear to lack is a proper demilitarized zone (DMZ), i.e. one  that
>>> makes use of a separate subnetwork.  Smoothwall not only fully  protects
>>> the DMZ only allowing through ports you specify, but also allows  you to
>>> provide controlled access into your internal network should you wish.
>>> The boxes I've looked at so far allow you to "fully expose" a 
>>> machine to
>>> the WAN side but the "DMZ" machine will have full internal network
>>> access, doesn't sound very DMZ to me!
I have used the Soekris and PCEngines with m0n0wall before and its
pretty good, and not too expensive approx ~£150 from LinITX
(http://linitx.com/index.php?cPath=126).

Hope this helps

Gareth
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