[mdlug] Routing Situation - Suggestions/Opinions

[Peter Bart]

On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 08:52 -0500, Peter Bart wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 15:27 -0500, Robert Adkins II wrote:
> > We recently upgraded the DSL service at the office to essentially twice as
> > fast as it used to be. Unfortunately, our older DSL Router isn't capable of
> > going that fast. Luckily, they sent us a new one... and it is a POS. It is
> > incpabable of performing half the routing/firewalling of the older/slower
> > router.
> >  
> > For example, I need only our email server and two other internal IP
> > Addresses to have "direct" access to the Internet and all other systems to
> > be forced into going through the proxy server. The options on the new
> > Netopia router include allowing me to point external ports to internal
> > addresses, but otherwise everything on the inside has full, direct (and
> > speedy!) access to the wild, wild, west.
> >  
> > Here's my thoughts:
> >  
> > 1. Pickup a good Cable Internet Router that can be upgraded with dd-wrt or
> > OpenWrt
> >  
> > 2. Replace the firmware with one of the above mentioned types.
> >  
> > 3. Place the Upgraded Cable Modem in between the network and the Netopia
> > POS, configure the routing we need and away we go.
> >  
> > Is this is an easily workable plan? 
> >  
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
> 
> Rob,
> 	If you decide to go with dd-wrt, Buffalo sells wifi routers w/dd-wrt
> installed.
> <http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/routers-and-access-points/>

	Although on second thought I might not go this way. Almost as many
negative reviews as positive on Amazon
<http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Technology-Nfiniti-Wireless-N-WZR-HP-G300NH/product-reviews/B0028ACYEK/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1>
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Best Regards,

Peter The Plumber