[ILUG] Information on setting up a home network

[Justin Mason]

Gary Pigott writes:
> [...] I've switched over to a Netgear DG834GT (see
> http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php), which does 54Mbs
> wireless, and has a SPI firewall built in, and a lot more options for
> port forwarding, DMZs and all the other funky stuff.

well.... for what it's worth, I would *strongly* recommend avoiding
Netgear hardware like the plague, and instead go for a Linksys WRT54GL.
See here for various reasons why:

  http://taint.org/2005/06/29/042657a.html
  http://taint.org/2005/07/08/210506a.html

> It even runs Linux!

really?

--j.