Re: Suggestions for Router/Firewall

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 05/26/05 

Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 14:20:59 -0500

Netgear has a line of affordable NAT/PAT routers that are also true
firewalls. The FVS 318 is a good example for less that $100. For something
that is more configurable look at Ebay. There are loads of Netscreen 5-XP
firewalls for around $150 or less. They are a serious firewall that allow
you to configure outbound traffic rules also. If interested be sure to get
one with at least version 4 or later firmware. Keep in mind that many of
these class firewalls [Netscreen, Sonicwall, etc] have limits on the number
of concurrent outbound connections from unique IP addresses usually with a
limit of 10 on the base models. --- Steve

"JT" <Jthayer@online.nospam> wrote in message
news:E00260FC-694A-4598-8023-D0E2E37009A2@microsoft.com...
> My current gateway is an entry model Linksys router, which is about five
> years old. I want to replace this with something that will route packets
> for
> me, and provide firewall protection. My ultimate goal for this network I
> am
> building is to have a
> terminal servers accessable from the internet, and a clustered SQL Server
> and stand-alone BizTalk server behind the firewall. Any suggestions on
> what
> to replace my Linksys router with? I would like to avoid VPN, if it can
> be
> done securely,
> as I THINK (I could be mistaken) that VPN requires that clients have
> static
> IP's. I do not want my TS clients to have this requirement.
>
> Any advice, words of wisdom, etc, would be very appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> --
> John

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