On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Hvidsten, Leif wrote: > > Thanks for clarifying.....my bad. I'm not familiar with DSL since all > I've ever had is either dial-up or cable. My cable provider supplied > me with a cable modem, so that's what's converting my cable signal to > ethernet. My situation is that I have two computers. I wish to > network them and run a dedicated Linux server on one of them. To me > the cable/dsl routers look like a good option b/c then I have room for > two future computers/switches/hubs, and I get a NAT-based firewall on > top of it to masquerade the IP of my LAN. Does anyone use a cable/dsl > router? If so, any good/bad experiences with a particular brand? > The SMC Barricade I mentioned before can be found on the internet for > $69 and I see that MicroCenter has a sale on them for around $79. > There are more and more companies now coming out with these....I'm now > seeing Siemens, Belkin, besides all the other brands I mentioned > before. Any feedback would be appreciated. Personally, I'd go with a Linksys. They are just as cheap, and I, well, have used them, and heard good things from other people using them. :) (Although I personally put a only pentium classic in instead..) > PRIVACY NOTICE: *snip* We'd appreciate it if you'd strip the privacy notices in the future -- they get irritating on mailing lists. :) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500