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 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
