From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

They all suck, and they're all pretty good - because from the looks of
things, they're all more or less based on the same components internally.
I've got SMC, ZyXel, D-Link, A-Link and Linksys (for myself, relatives,
friends and so on), and I think I've had to replace just about exactly one
of each because of a HW failure, but eventually all brands work.

I'd maybe go for ZyXel at the moment, but that's just because I've got one
at home and I haven't even noticed it's there, so it feels like a solid
enough piece of hardware. One thing to note: some home units have a
built-in USB printer server, which is pretty neat. It can be a bit weird to
set up, but I use one at my office and it works really well (it's SMC).


Antti Kurenniemi


"Randall Parker"

wrote in message news:444a70ec$1{at}w3....
> Anyone have experience with hardware firewalls? I want to use one to share
> a DSL connection for my desktops and laptop. Looking for a suggested
> brand.

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