W. Paul Mills muttered: > > I use the Linksys. It is actually a 4-port switch with a built in > firewall and router, and a port for connection to your cable modem. > Seems to work pretty well for me on roadrunner. > > Paul > Here's another vote for Linksys. I've got the router-only version, works great. One _can_ hobble something together with just a hub, but this is a bad idea for reasons pointed out elsewhere in this thread. Either buy the second ethernet card for your Linux box, or buy the hardware router.
I've run a Linux router with a 16 MB 486 and a pair of 3c509s, gave it up when my RH6.2 system got hacked repeatedly. I didn't have time to learn how to secure it so I switched to the Linksys (should have just switched to debian :-), but this is the way to go if you want to learn how to harden your system. Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- Please note new email address
