Re: What is a good HARDWARE firewall solution?

From: T.A. (res0gyio@verizon.net)
Date: 08/13/02


From: "T.A." <res0gyio@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 06:53:40 GMT

Also...regarding the LinkSys routers....

Could you take 3 routers at 3 different locations and establish VPN
connections between all three locations?

Thanks!

"Stranger7" <stranger7@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:BGV49.599$GF.159495@newsfeed.slurp.net...
> T.A. wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for cheap here.......and one that supports port
forwarding...
> > Thanks all!!
>
> Most (all?) of the SOHO routers available (ZyXEL, Netgear, Linksys, SMC,
> D-Link, etc.) support port forwarding. The thing you need to really look
> at is if they support filtering on those ports - many of them do not. For
> example, the Netgear FVS318 supports port forwarding, so you could run an
> internal FTP server and allow outside access through the router.
> Unfortunately, you cannot put any restrictions on that access - it is open
> to the world. The Netgear RP114, on the other hand, allows you to
restrict
> that access to a specific IP address, subnet, etc. if desired.



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