Looking for router advice
Mr Nobody
Yuo don't mention a price range, so I must recommend Cisco routers.
www.cisco.com
;-)
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gregh
"Pepito" <pepito...@veribox.net> wrote in message
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> I'm in the market for a hardware router to share Telstra ADSL over a
> small network (using Windows XP built in ICS at the moment).
>
> We also have a dialup modem account with Bigpond which we use as a
> backup for times ADSL is down.
>
> So what I want is a router that will share the ADSL but if that ever
> goes down, will automatically (or with a simple click or switch) make
> a dialup connection to the Bigpond account and share that. Something
> with an internal 56k modem or that can use our current external serial
> modem would both be fine.
>
I'd just like to point out to you one little thing not in an attempt to put
you off or anything. Router or not, it isn't "secure" if you read some of
the sites devoted to Internet security. The only really secure way I had of
stopping people attempting to get in was when I used an Amiga. No port not
mentioned in it's config could be opened and if you mentioned a port in the
config, you could tie it to anything you like. I used to tie it to shell
windows and every time a hacker tried to get in, a window would open up on
top of what I was doing from where I would watch the buggers for a bit then
type a "hello" to them. Some got a laugh out of it actually. None ever
actually got through. Obviously only dial-up at the time though.
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