On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Dan Bolduc wrote:

> That is a very old unit.

Dan,

   Yes, and I've not upgraded the firmware.

> SmallNetBuilder's review of it from 2002 shows its maximum upload and
> download throughput as about 7 mbps:
> https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/24591-netgearprosafevpnfirewallreview?showall=&start=6

   Oh. Well, then ... time to upgrade.

> For an all-in-one type wireless router replacement I would recommend
> Synology's routers as they run a linux based OS and have lots of great VPN
> and security features. For a single-purpose unit similar to your netgear,
> Ubiquiti's edgerouter line also offers great performance for the price. If
> you want to go full open source you can get a router compatible with
> OpenWRT or Tomato such as the old Linksys wrt54g, or you can put a network
> card into an old desktop PC you're not using and install pfsense on it. A
> desktop PC acting as a router will have more compute power than just about
> any network device on the market as long as you're okay with the increased
> power consumption.

   I have an older LinkSys Broadband-G/wrt54G but cannot configure the WAN
network.

   With help on completing the LinkSys' configuration and upgrading the
firmware I'll be happy to use that with an 8-port switch.

Thanks,

Rich
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