cob_
1310nm Of Goodness
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Tulsa, OK
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Re: Let's talk routers
Many home routers only have 10MB WAN ports on them, not to mention the lightweight processing power, so that sounds about right. I'm not lucky enough to need more than 4MB/s out of mine yet, but have become pretty unhappy with it locking up the wireless connectivity while using a VPN (outgoing). It's a DI-514 that cost $5 after a rebate, so I guess my expectations are a little high.
I've been looking at the Sonicwall TZ 170 for a client, and considering one for myself, but not too fond of the subscription model for optional feature sets. I'd like to go the Soekris route, but their options seem limited, or I can't seem to find possible hardware configurations with enclosures. The net4801 seems to be my best bet to add an 802.11g miniPCI card to and run one of the client ports to a gigabit switch.
I'd really like to see a Soekris board with expandable gigabit connectivity and at least 2 miniPCI connectors, to run an 802.11g card and a VPN accelerator, if they really are necessary.
I'd love to hear comments from people who have built wireless routers with VPN on the Soekris platform.
Having another machine in the house creating heat and making noise isn't appealing, which is why I want to stay away from setting up an old beige box as a router. |
