Re: Should I use a router?

From: -=ed=- (edtherom@attbi.com)
Date: 12/06/02 

From: "-=ed=-" <edtherom@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:09:56 -0500

Probably, but they cost a little money.

I would offer the opinion that you should try to get a unit that does
"stateful inspection", like the LinkSys BEFSX41, with a few 8-port switches,
for a little redundancy [?sp] and ease of expandability.

M$ ProxyServer is almost trash...

IMHO... FWIW... YMMV... ;-)

-=ed

"Jeff" <canadianguy26@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:037401c29c6f$7e387f90$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm working on a small 20PC network. They currently only
> have NT4/Proxy 2.0 security the network. It is my
> understanding that Proxy server only filter external
> connections. Is this enough?
>
> I was thinking of purchasing a small D-link router to add
> to the network. Would this be helpful??? What extra
> benefits would there be, as opposed to the Proxy server?
>
> Thanks for any input!

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