On Thursday 05 July 2007 22:40, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 10:18:48PM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
<< snip >>
> > Since the whole purpose of the excercise ts to fix my connection problem,
> > I feel "safer" buying the Rotal router Bezeq provides. If there are any
> > problems, that would be final proof that there's still something wrong at
> > the Bezeq end. On the other hand if I buy the WRT54G-L and it doesn't
> > solve my problem, Bezeq will probably say that it's because I'm using
> > "unsupported" hardware.
>
> That's certainly your choice. I usually by more expensive items that
> have support instead of cheap ones that are sold without it.
In theory, it should be supported by Bezeq - since they're selling it ;-)
> Since the last price I saw for a WRTG54-L was over 350 NIS, it seems
> to me that the BEZEQ router is also a cheaper option. It may not
> have QOS (quality of service) routing and a complex firewall,
> but if you are using a Linux system between it and your network,
> you can do it there.
Basically, I assume you mean that instead of
computers-------firewall box----router as you suggested earlier, I'd do
other computers --- hub --- my Linux box (with iptables) --- router
- I'd be using only one of the 4 ethernet ports on the router
So actually, my network would work just as before.
BTW - if I did decide to later plug something in to the additional ethernet
ports on the router, or use a WiFi laptop, they would NOT be controlled by my
iptables.
--
Shlomo Solomon
http://the-solomons.net
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