Topic 'Looking for a new Router/Firewall' in forum 'Security' - dslreports.com

Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:45:22 EDT

Anav posted : I picked up for fun a linksys EA6300 today with a $20 coupon from staples ( I had to buy inks so was over the 150$) so ended up saving $23 plus it was indeedy the EA6400 as discussed at smallnebtuilder.com

Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:39:44 EDT

HELLFIRE posted : No one has made an "only" wired router for the home user market in a very long time.

Try over at smallnetbuilder.com for what's on the market of late that fits your performance and price needs.

Regards

Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:06:48 EDT

TheJoker posted : FYI, the interface for the USG 20 is completely different. That change made going from a 2WG to a USG 20W more difficult than I had expected. Of course got help in »ZyXEL
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Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:06:48 EDT

sivran posted : Any router that can run DD-WRT will provide those features. Then you'd need to find one that can handle the bandwidth and you'd be set.
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Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:16:10 EDT

hitachi369 posted : Power usage is a concern but the versatility of pfsense makes up that for me. It would do everything the op wants and be far more future proof.

Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:32:41 EDT

urbanriot posted :

said by hitachi369:

Why not use pfsense?

As a FreeBSD advocate who uses PF, I fully endorse this suggestion; however what's a decent sized form factor for someone to do this while still working within the price of a consumer router?

There's also the question of power usage. Your standard consumer router uses around 7 Watts of power, yet a P4 system uses about 80 Watts of power idle.

What's the best way for someone get the cost and power benefits of a consumer router with a small form factor PC? I ask because I'd love to know and don't know that its possible.

Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:18:50 EDT

hitachi369 posted : Why not use pfsense?

Re: Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:15:38 EDT

HarryH3 posted : The only thing I know of that even comes close in that price range is the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite:

»www.ubnt.com/edgemax#Edg ··· hardware

MSRP is $99. :o

Looking for a new Router/Firewall

Fri, 31 May 2013 19:37:33 EDT

JJ Johnson posted : My current firewall is a ZyWall 2 Plus, but it's not capable of handling my 50 Mbps Comcast connection and maxes out around 29-35 Mbps. The easiest thing to do would be to get a ZyWALL USG20 for $152, but ideally I'd like to find something for $75-100, if there's anything out there.

I don't need wifi or a built-in ethernet switch, as I have a separate wireless access point and a gigabit switch, but it doesn't matter if they're included. However, I do need:

- remote management (via web interface)
- port forwarding
- custom firewall rules (by port/IP address)
- DHCP server, with reservations by MAC address