Re: Hardware firewall advise - D-Link DIR-330 and Linksys

"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

"Nando" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all, I want to buy a hardware firewall with very good security. I'm a
single user with 1 pc, 1 wireless laptop, and possibly doing testing with
a Web, Ftp server, but that's the lowest of my priorities (if I ever get
the time to play with that).

I'm currently undecided between D-Link and Linksys. Linksys' Website is
quite confusing.

I have picked the D-Link DIR-330
<http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=564>, which has SPI, WiFi, and
VPN ($170).

Does any one recommend something similar from Linksys? Or is my D-Link
selection OK? Or any other brands or suggestions?

Also I saw on the D-Link site they are selling the VPN software for $50?
Can I use any other software (possible free)? I have not used VPN before,
but I do understand I'll need it to connect remotely (which I don't do
regularly).

What's your plans for VPN is this to connect from home to work, because
may be you don't need a VPN solution router, and you only need a router
that provides VPN protocols, which most routers come with VPN?

Thanks Mr. Arnold, I'm lost with the VPN protocol/solution. The firewall I
need is to connect from my laptop to my pc at home (both using Windows XP)
to transfer some files occasionally (would that be like a remote-control
desktop view or ftp-like connection?) Below is what the DIR-330 specs says:

.. VPN Tunnels: 8 (IPSec, PPTP, L2TP)
.. IPSec LAN-to-LAN / Roaming User
.. PPTP/L2TP Server/Client
.. IPSec/PPTP/L2TP Pass-through
.. IPSec NAT-Traversal
.. DHCP over IPSec
.. Encryption Transform: DES, 3DES, AES
.. XAUTH (Extended Authentication) for IPSec Authentication
<http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=564>

Whatever you do, make sure you get something that is using Wallwatcher.

http://sonic.net/wallwatcher/

Interesting, so this program can alert me and monitor the firewall logs
without logging and using the router's interface? I checked and the D-Link
is not supported. Hopefully I can train it.

For wireless, you might want to look at the Wrt54G which may be a better
overall solution, particularly if you change the firmware over to one of
the 3rd party firmware's.

Interesting, I did not know that was possible (to change to a non-Linksys
firmware). Please tell more about this. Does that mean that Linksys firmware
is not too secure). I actually installed and configured the Linksys WRT54G
router for my sister's apartment. It works great and it costs less than half
the price of the D-Link DIR-330. But seems I'm kinda of techie I figured I
needed something more secured for myself, that's why I picked the firewall
D-Link DIR-330, but it sounds like I'm missing something on my criteria. I
need a hardware firewall with good security, and remote connectivity.

Make sure you try to implement some kind of security measures for the home
network for what it's worth.

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelesssecurity/tp/wifisecurity.htm

Great, I visited the link and read all the info. I'm glad to say that I have
taken all those steps (not for me, but when setting up a router at my
sister's home).


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