[rescue] needed: cable/DSL router

[Eric Dittman]

> > find an SMC Barricade 7004ABR. Sub-$100 new,sub-$60 ebay, and has served me
> > faithfully for more than a year. Does some pretty nice firewall functions,
> > has serial backup, and a built in parrallel port print server.
> 
> The stuff Gigafast sells is the same "guts" as the SMC Barricade 7004ABR,
> just minus the print server.  The CompUSA "store brand" router is made by
> Gigafast, and has neither the print server or the serial port - and 
> they all work great (same hardware, only real difference is serial port,
> print server, and logo/name on the configuration screens).

I'm using an SMC Barricade 7004VBR, and it works really well for
me.  At first the port forwarding didn't work right, but after I
updated the firmware I didn't have any problems.  I haven't had
to touch the box since I updated the firmware a couple of months
ago.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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