Actiontech router?

[Luke Davis]

Um, I know there are Sisco and some other huge, university class routers,
which may cost thousands of dollars, but for the majority of cases which
this software is designed to cover, the corresponding router would cost
from one hundred, to maybe four hundred, dollars, if that.


On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Shaun Oliver wrote:

> ok people I ain't tested this solution yet but I'd like people who have
> to write back and let me know what they think.
> all this started because of some router issues.
> why not download and install and try smoothwall.
> http://www.smoothwall.org
> as far as I am aware, is is a cheap way of performing routing tasks
> without forking out the thousands of dollars for a router.
> this is because the majorly stripped down version of linux provides you
> with routing/firewalling/nat capabilities with support for most ethernet
> nics and modems around today. and all configureable via a browser
> interface.
> the distributers decided that thousands of dollars was far too much to
> spend on investing in a router and this little gem makes any pc become
> the equivelent of that expensive router.
> if anyone has used or uses smoothwall, let me know how you found it.
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