Router Question

[RVFmal]

Need an ADSL router where I can block certain sites from being accessible to only select PC's connected to it. Also the router needs to have the ability to connect 8 ports to it.

Which router is best for this?

 

[Surv0]

routers are 4 ports unless its a hardcore one, so u need to buy a switch...
Netgear DG834 routers are great for customising a firewall to block certain sites to certain pc's.

 

[milomak]

if you already have a modem, i would recommend a Linksys WRT54GL. Especially given that you can load some pretty good 3rd party firmware like DD-WRT which can do that and more.

 

[RVFmal]

Thanks for the prompt responses

Nope, no modem. Having line installed in a few weeks and need to purchase all the necessary hardware (will not be taking Telkom up on their offer of a free modem/router).

Would prefer a combination unit that can do the above.

Will have a look at the two mentioned

 

[milomak]

is the telkom router/modem "free". that is tied into a contract. if not take that, use it as the modem (put in bridge if its a modem/router) and use the Linksys WRT54GL as the router.

 

[Brawler]

Easy. Get a netgear DG834G / DG834GT, they have a great firewall for blocking certain sites, keywords etc and you can set certain PC's on the network to view them (IP).

then just connect that to a normal 8-port switch.

 

[XCalibre]

The Netgear DG834G is a good buy and will do all the above. Don't bother getting the DG834GT (Issues with Vista)

 

[Brawler]

I have the DG834GT, when I had Vista (I upgraded all my computers to XP Pro) I didnt have any issues, although I didnt use any of the advanced features back then. What kind of issues you getting?

 

[XCalibre]

Well I only have one, my Live Messenger didn't want to connect. I've upgraded the firmware, downgraded the firmware. Reinstalled Vista, turned off the firewall on the pc and router. Still nothing.Tried a different router, no problem.

 

[Brawler]

Will check mine out, let you know.

 

[SilverNodashi]

The Netgear & Linksys modems can do this very well, but they all come with 1 or 4 ports, so you'd need another switch for the additional ports

 

[|tera|]

My Billion 7300M has URL blocking (which I use, no utube) and QOS (bandwidth management) I'm happy with it

 

[milomak]

Can the Netgear route traffic via a local an dinternational account at the router level? meaning all computers that access the router do not have to have something like routesentry running?

 

[SilverNodashi]

I don't think any router can do that

 

[milomak]

I don't think any router can do that

both the mega100wr2 and the linksys wrt54gl can

 

[Juggy]

The only problem with the DG834GT is it doesn't support VPN termination only VPN passthrough.

Could be an issue later on if you want to use VPN to another office.