Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 22 January 2008 14:52:19 Alain Spineux wrote: >> Of course the main idea is to avoid to have a non firewall dedicated >> linux (like centos is) configured by >> someone without to much network knowledge be in front of Internet. > > I'd really recommend going for the router. They are not very expensive and > easier to set up than most dsl modems. A built-in firewall comes with most, > and better ones have easily configured port-forwarding if/when you come to > need it. My Netgear DG634G has all that and wireless too. And the best > thing is that it has a really good we-based interface (most use web-based, > but not all are good in terms of well-explained and easy to configure). > > Anne > If you want to go with this kind of router (cheap, wireless, simple), i would then recommend a Linksys WRT-54GL (The trailing "L" is very important, about 50$) and replace the stock firmware with DD-WRT (GPL). DD-WRT is real nice, simple and have a lot of interesting features. It is less flexible than the solutions below. You could go with OpenWRT and the same Linksys WRT-54GL if you're a Linux savvy. If you have an old PC laying around, i'd then recommend pfSense. I have pfSense firewalls on some sites and it runs very very well. If you prefer to go with SBC (Single Board Computer like a Soekris net45xx/net48xx or WRAP board), then you have a choice between mOnOwall and pfSense (and many others but those 2 are simple yet powerful). I have a couple of SBC boxes installed at my clients' offices running mOnOwall (WRAP SBC Boards) and they do a very good job. They are very energy efficient with small footprint. Finally, you could go for a used Cisco Router (something like a 2600 series) if you like Cisco like a do. But it's not an easy solution, it's very command line centric and you could have a hard time decrypting the very large command list of IOS (and getting used to it). Hope this helped. Guy Boisvert IngTegration inc.