[rescue] CompUSA broadband "router"

[Larry Snyder]

Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> 
> I have better things to do with my time than throw together old crappy
> *PC* hardware to do NAT for my network.  Its much easier to just buy a
> cheap box thats actually designed to do it, plug everything in, and turn
> it on.
> 
> Some people may enjoy spending a day or just an entire afternoon setting
> such a thing up, but not me... at least not lately, with the other two 
> members of our sysadmin team at work on vacation or out this weekend..
> 
> Bill

I have to agree.  I'm ISDN-ish, and for the last few years used a
Multia connected to a Motorola TA for NAT/PPP management.  A couple
weeks ago I replaced them w/ a used 3com appliance.  It runs cheaper,
quieter, cooler, and about 35% faster.  No-brainer.
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