[Sussex] Idea's and suggestions ?????

[john]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nik Butler" <nik at wired4life.org>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Idea's and suggestions ?????


> > As for the firewall config, allow everything out and nothing in. PC
> > will be able to do everything as normal (surfing, email, etc) but will
> > not allow any connections originated from outside.
> Actually you might want to check some port open, specifically is you
> want to make use of MSN Netmeeting, Yahoo mngr, Combat Flight Sim, Xbox
> Live, etc etc etc.
>
> Currenlty im using
> Alcatel Speedtouch Home
> Apple Airport
> Bunch of PCs using Sitecom.
>
> I had to manage some nat rules to forward some ports from the outside to
> internal addresses.
>
>
> Of course you need to make sure that the internal IP addresses are static
so that your Port Forwards remain consistent.
>
>
> um thats about it really
>
>
>
> Nik
>
> __

Thanks for the suggestion Nik,

Having done some digging around at the "adlsguide", it would appear that a
"Solwise SAR110"  adsl modem/router is one of the better options (I didn't
think that the price was too bad either @ £82) it gets a reasonable write up
and would appear to have enough "facilities" to keep a nugget like me
shouting at the monitor for a while.

Does anyone have any knowledge of Solwise that I should be aware of, or any
better ideas???

regards

John D