[mdlug] Setting up a home network

[Michael S. Mikowski]

On Sunday 25 January 2009 20:50:12 Michael S. Mikowski wrote:
> Hi Michael:
>
> The best solution, IMO, is as follows:
>
> Modem -> Wireless Router -> mnewman-desktop + Rest of network
>
> That way, you let the router act as your firewall, name server (DNS), DHCP
> server, etc, and not have to worry about anything else -- it will just
> work. And you won't need to keep a machine on all the time, just the
> router.
>

Another option, for less (around $70 street)

<http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/WRT110/download>
yes: reserving IPs per MAC address with DHCP (key feature!)
no : guest users (kept off your network; handy!)
yes: firewall features (but not as nice as belkin n+)
yes: forwarding of ports to specific servers
yes: DMZ
yes: Dynamic DNS (looks more flexible than belkin:)

This one can be had for around 50-60 street.