Re: do i need a new router

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 09/22/05 

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:13:02 GMT

In article <1127367693.382353.31950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk says...
> I also heard good reports about Watchguard routers.

WatchGuard doesn't make routers, they make firewalls - they are NOT like
the NAT Routers that others provide - they are true firewalls in all
cases..

> Maybe Draytek and Watchguard are more for commercial environments or a
> techie home. I guess cisco would be one up on that.

CISCO is a PITA for setup, more than most home users want to deal with.
Linksys being purchased by CISCO has not provided by additional quality
for Linksys products, in fact, GRE still doesn't work and they've not
put SPI back in to their routers yet.

Don't confuse routers and Firewalls. 

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