[vox-tech] OT hardware router suggestions

[Shwaine]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Dylan Beaudette wrote:

> I am looking to replace my computer-based router with a smaller and more 
> energy efficient hardware router. In the past I have tried a couple Linksys 
> routers, but they consistently broke ssh connections between home and remote 
> machine (on DSL). Since then,  the only way to keep an ssh session for longer 
> than 10 minutes was to use a software router (i.e. an old computer).
>

Check the time-out configuration on the firewall script. If you have a 
tendancy to idle while in SSH, the time-out value will kill the connection 
after you've idled for a while. Used to annoy the heck out of me back when 
I was working several years ago and the old Cisco kept doing that on my 
main FTP session every time I had a long-lasting download.

As for brands, I'm quite happy with my Zywall, but it's a fully wired 
network, not wireless. I believe either NetGear or LinkSys were rebranding 
Zywalls with a dumbed down firmware several years ago when I purchased the 
router.