[KLUG Members] Broadband firewalls.

[Jamie McCarthy]

I just replaced my OpenBSD broadband firewall/gateway with dedicated
hardware.  I freed up a computer I paid $800 for (three years ago)
and got one noisy fan out of my office.

I did have to move my network's stunnel connection point and DNS to
another machine, but that's OK, my backup server wasn't doing much
anyway.

I bought a NetGear MR314, which is not only a cable/DSL modem and
LAN gateway, but also a wireless access point.  So it replaced both
the (depreciated) $800 computer and the (still!) $300 Apple Airport
Base Station.  It cost me $99 plus shipping.

So far I'm quite happy with it.  Configuration was easy, much easier
than either OpenBSD or the Airport Base Station, and I'm confident
about security.