[NMLUG] Hardware firewall recommendations?

[pi at pihost.us (Anthony Martinez)]

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Mars DeLapp wrote:
> Anthony Martinez wrote:
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>> Sarang Gupta wrote:
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>>> Does anyone have recommendations for a simple, 2+ port, inexpensive,
>>> home-use hardware firewall/router? Specifics:
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>> Linksys WRT54GS or WRT54GL, if you flash it with the OpenWrt firmware
>> (www.openwrt.org). Not the original WRT54G any more, they don't run on
>> Linux.
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> I challenge you to find a Linksys WRT54GL in stock anywhere.
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Dunno. I have a v2 WRT54G, which *is* linux-based.

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> Went back to http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware and found the ASUS
> WL-500G Deluxe is listed, and the cool thing is it has USB ports and the
> option of connecting an external USB hard drive or a USB stick for more
> storage.
> 

Now that could be really neat. How much RAM/Flash does the Asus have, offhand?
My WRT54G tends towards running out of RAM and killing things under heavy TCP
load, because I'm doing state tracking and QoS.

Pi

> Mars
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