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Posted by Mike Drechsler - SPAM PROTECTE on July 4, 2005, 8:06 am
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jawdoc wrote:
> Hello
> I need a little advice.
> I have used two Linksys befvp41 routers to establish an ipsec vpn
> connection between my office and home for several years now. I have had
> to replace them several times due to failure.
> I want to try a different solution. I was looking at the Netopia
> r910s?
> I would like some advice on this.
> I want to establish an ipsec vpn connection between my office network
> and my home network.
> I am willing to purchase two routers hopefully less than $200 each.
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
R910 is an old product. They should remove it from the pricelist. Get
the 3386-ENT. Faster, cheaper. (R910 has a 33mhz processor and the
3386-ENT has a 166mhz). If you want a built in wireless access point,
get the 3387W-ENT. If you want a bit faster still and a 802.11g radio
then get the 3387WG-ENT (200mhz processor).
Netopia routers are pretty solid. The only thing I have ever had go bad
on me was a power supply and it was easily replaced.
The 3386 should have enough horsepower to do encryption over a typical
ADSL or Cable modem link at full wire speed. If you have more than a
1Mbit upstream then you may need to consider something with a faster
processor but for the typical home/small office it's great. Looks like
you are likely on bellsouth ADSL (based on your ip and domain) so I'm
guessing your upstream is 384Kbps or less. The 3386-ENT will have
plenty of spare CPU capacity with such a low upstream speed.
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