Internet Exposure - iexposure.com: we rock, honest! On Tuesday 11 May 2004 10:25 am, Chad Walstrom wrote: > Kraigjones at aol.com wrote: > > Does anyone have recommendations for ISPs that work well with Quest's > > DSL services? > > Suggested ISP's: > 1. Real-Time Enterprises (real-time.com): They're cool. > 2. sihope.com: They're also cool. > 3. Visi.com: They're cool, too. > > Recommendation: Purchase a firewall or dedicate a PC to being a linux > firewall. Do NAT. Use one IP address. It's cheaper and easier to deal > with. > > Suggested Firewalls: > 1. Soekris 4801-50 Board and Case $264, $10 or $22 power supply > + http://www.soekris.com/how_to_buy.htm > + Run Ben Kochie's LEAF Linux distro > + Pro: Full control of your OS and software > + Con: Not any that I can see. Perhaps a little more expensive > than you might wish to spend. > > 2. Linksys WRT54G > + 4 port switch and Wireless AP built on Linux > + Cheapest found on pricewatch.com at $79.00 > + Pro: CHEAP! Based on Linux! > + Con: You need hack-foo to install your own "firmware" (upload any > new versions of the OS) > > 3. Any PC that's laying around + Linux > + Pro: Cheap!! > + Con: More power usage than necessary for simple router -- Chris Scheidecker Associate Systems Administrator cscheidecker at iexposure.com Internet Exposure, Inc. http://www.iexposure.com 612.676.1946 x33 Web Development-Web Marketing-ISP Services ------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list