Re: [Sheflug] broadband routers

["Netsonic" <nospam [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A router I can firmly recommend is the Barricade range from SMC. They have 4
and 8 port versions, with all the usual stuff - NAT, firewall protection,
DMZ, dynamic DNS, multiple MAC address cloning, SNMP service support, and
also acts as a print server.

Ive had the 8 port version with Blueyonder broadband for some time now, it
has worked flawlessly since the day i plugged it in, and performance wise
its also very good indeed.

It is a bit more expensive than some of the others on the market (currently
retailing at around 150 quid incl VAT), but when i was searching the various
products, nothing on the market even came close to what this one can do for
the price.

Steve.



----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bottrill" <nospam [at] ntlworld.com>
To: <nospam [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] broadband routers


> On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 22:14, Paul Sims wrote:
> > Has anyone got anything positive (or indeed, more importantly, negative)
> > to say about the cheap broadband routers available now?
> >
> > I've just signed up to NTL Cable broadband - it's the cheapie 128 k,
> > shared with the kids pc, so I'd like a router rather than leave my box
> > on...obviously we are talking of "only" punting IP packets over a WAN
> > and OS friendliness shouldn't be an issue, , but are there any devices
> > to steer clear of?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> I've been using a LinkSys on NTL for over 2 years without any great
> problems. The early firmware had a few problems but I've no problems
> since the very early days. When I bought my box it was £150 they are
> down to about £70 now.
>
> Depending on the cable modem NTL supply you could have issues with MAC
> addresses. It is a good idea to note the MAC address of the first NIC
> you connect to the cable modem. If you have any problems later with the
> LinkSys there is an option to change (Clone) it's MAC address, simply
> use the address of the first card you connected.
>
> I configured a cable modem for my father last week, NTL supplied him
> with the "120" modem, this will remember the first 2 MAC addresses it
> sees, if you want to switch between them you first need to power-cycle
> the modem.
>
> I have an old 3COM modem that has resisted any method of changing the
> originally discovered MAC address, simply using the clone function has
> got me around this.
>
>
> --
> David Bottrill <david.bottrill [at] ntlworld.com>
>
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