RE: Router/Firewall Recommendation

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Top posting just to annoy everyone.


On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> This is the final, my answer is not the only answer it is a logical answer
> and that is your problem.  If you have more than one computer in a lan then
> you are using a router or a hub.  So your network is bound by a hub, or a
> router.  If you are using a hub, then you are using one of your computers as
> a router.  So you are sitting here talking about a bunch of bullshit cause
> you have to be hooked up with one of these things to have a lan.  If you
> have a choice of whether to buy a router or a hub, then you have to make a
> decision as to what your ISP is going to do.  A router allows multiple
> computers to use a single ip address and since it does address translation
> it allows you to acquire a firewall in the process.  You also get another
> slight advantage and that is if your isp charges for extra ip address then
> you don't have to pay cause you are only using one.  So while you are
> talking that bullshit I am totally aware that you are using personally
> either a router or a hub if you have more than one computer networked.  So
> my solution is not the only solution it is the logical solution.  Why would
> I waste a perfectly good computer to do routing when I could use the
> computing power to do something else unless I have too.  I personally think
> that you are out here trolling, cause if you have computers networked then
> you are using one of these hardware devices.
> 
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