[KLUG Members] Linksys

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>How much firewall security is a Linksys router giving me. Its the
>"Etherfast Cable/DSL Router" Model BEFSR41
>(http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5).  The deal is

I looked at these for someone I know,  they actually are quite secure.
The support (or the version I looked at) for interesting protocols like
H.323 stank.  While they have filtering it is very simplistic,  on or
off for certains IP's or certain ports.  The DHCP server is one step
above worthless and doles out nothing but an IP address.  But they do
support port forwarding so you can host services from inside your
network.

>I know I could set up a BSD/LINUX/Windows box to do it that would be more
>secure but how much more is the issue.  I'm sucking down enough juice in
>this place (California)  that I really don't want to plug in another 200
>Watt power supply if I don't have to.  I'll be running my primaty sercer,
>Victoria (Slackware 7.1) as a web/email/ssh and maybe FTP server.  I have
>a bunch of part lying around that would easily evolve into a 200MHz box if
>I need it to.

I have an old Packard smell running floppyfw, no hard drive, etc...
removing components can reduce power consumption (and noise).  The
Linksys routers I've seen have had a fair amount of fan noise.