RE: OT Firewall for those in the Dark Ages of NET Access

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>]

> > True, but:
> > network cards, say 15 quid each =3D 30 quid
>
> or, as they're going to be 10Mbps, about =A33 a pair at a computer fai= r.

I don't think it is fair to compare new router prices to 2nd hand network card etc prices.
How much is a router 2nd hand at a fair?  Probably closer to the 35 qu= id you
think for the separate PC solution.

> ...or =A35, if you have to pay for it (they're going free all the time= ).

where??? where????  I was just using lee's $15 pc example for his 'pro= per'
firewall......

> That's less than =A335 by my reckoning, and most probably less.

Another point is that if these ppl don't know a lot about pc's (which a lot=
of pc users dont) then they won't know where to find a computer fair, what<= BR> bits to buy, how to install them, get a linux distro etc etc.
A hardware router "just works" and ffs, we're talking about less = than a
hundred quid anyway, so not a great deal of savings to be had anyway!!

>  A hardware
> router may be smaller, but a 486 is also silent.  I doubt it

Okay, the 486 chip is silent, but the fan on it isn't, the fan on the PSU isn't, if there is a hard disk, that's not silent either, nor is a floppy drive......

> runs much
> hotter, or uses more electricity, but I don't have a hardware
> router to
> compare to.  Actually, I do .... <nips to server room> ... =
> ok, I conceed
> defeat on that one - the one we have here is about 3W. 
> You're looking at
> about 10 times that for a 486.  If you're really worried about po= wer
> consumption though, you could run it off a solar panel ;-)

Hey man - if you replace all the 150W(?) 486's out there running firewall software with 3W hardware routers, that's a lot of power you're saving!!!

Tony


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