[windows2000] Re: OT? Trojan Horses
- From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 05:50:43 -0800
Well let's add this up....! :-)
There's getting/acquiring the computer. Then there's getting a monitor for
it. If the computer has a NIC, it will probably have only one, if any at
all. So have to buy at least one. Then comes the fun part. <eg>
Unless one has time to kill, you have to deal with the learning curve
because Linux isn't exactly the most user friendly OS to install. If you
manage to get it installed, still have the tweaking to do to get it just
right. But that can be said with all OS'es though.
Meanwhile, the price(s) of broadband routers has gone down and is fairly
simple to setup, and for the most part secure.
Granted Ray is no slouch when it comes to computers, but for the people who
just had to have that Dell computer for xmas, I think the router path would
be the wisest.
Did I mention the extra cost on electricity? I might be mistaking, but I
think the power use of the added computer and monitor may be a tad more than
the router alone. <shrug> :-)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cristian Costea
>Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 5:19 AM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT? Trojan Horses
>
>
>
>How much do you pay for a brodband router? You can get a Linux
>router that does
>a lot of things at almost no cost :), I mean you only pay for a
>P100 with 8MB
>RAM and a 1GB HDD and 2 network interfaces.
>
>"Costanzo, Ray" wrote:
>
>> But the best and simplest thing to do is to just go get a broadband
>> router and stick it between your DSL modem and your computer.
>> http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di804v/ would suffice.
>> Broadband routers have built in firewalls that are sufficient, in my
>> opinion.
>
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