Linksys Router/Firewall

Has anyone used the LinkSys router/firewall combo for home users? If anyone has, how good is the firewall protection and how good is the router?

I installed on 'bout 2 or 3 weeks ago for a familly friend, it has NAT, and ip/port filtering (in a limited but usefull way), and the new bios can force users to run zonealarm if you configure it so... As far as routing capacity, I haven't had any complaint yet, so I guess it's doing well...

I'd suggest you check out linksys website for detailed specs...

Overall I'd say it's a pretty neat box...

Ammo

Kool. I was hoping to hear positive feedback am i am looking into buying one of 'em.

I have had my Linksys Router/Firewall for about three months now and have had no problems with it. It was really easy to setup and I've done some basic penetration testing on it.. which it stood up to. It's got a simple web interface to administer it. The one thing I really like is that it allows for a DMZ computer, so I could place one of my systems outside the firewall by the click of a mouse instead of unplugging it and moving it elsewhere on my home network.

Ammo, in what way is it's ip/port filtering limited? I am considering purchasing one.

Right now all I have is Tiny Personal Firewall and was considering moving up to a hardware firewall due mainly to the fact that punks on IRC have been trying to mess with me lately. So far TPF has stood up to it, but I know it is probably pretty easy to get through this if someone with experience shows up. How much is the Linksys Router/Firewall?

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Limited filtering Firewall/router combo's arent necessarily bad.

Thats if you dont mind only being able to filter three ports out of 65567 ports.

when it comes to that.

security becomes absolete.

static ip's be aware

ph33r the filtering.

ThePreacher... I spent $99.99 on mine. They actually make two models. One that's just a router/firewall and one that's a 5 port switch-router/firewall. The switch-router was more expensive... like $189.00 I think. For me, it was cheaper to get the router/fw combo and plug a 100mb hub into it.

I love my Linksys router. I have never had any problems with it, and the firewall is great for a personal grade router.

stflook gives this product a :thumbsup:

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Originally posted by xstonedogx
Ammo, in what way is it's ip/port filtering limited? I am considering purchasing one.

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Well, if I remember well, you can set up something like maximum 5 port ranges to filter out and I felt the way you set up filtering by ip port/ip address/physical port didn't allow as much flexibility as a firewall like ipfilter, but of course it's not meant to be as evolved... I suggest you check out the pdf manuals for the router on linksys site (ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/befsr11&befsr41ug.pdfcheck out page 25, top right picture...)
However, other than that it's a pretty cool device (check out the other options in the manual...) and it does support stateful filtering!

Ammo

I just installed a linksys wireless router for my network today, as a matter of fact. It works just flawlessly, as advertised. Very good if the computers you are networking are a distance away from eachother and very good if they are laptops. It's a hell of a lot better than running cords through the walls.:eek:

I personally think there the Cats PJ's

Linksys makes a real fine product.
I have installed them on Cable Modems
ADSL and SDSL systems with no problem.
Use the newest flash update.

I have used one here at my shop
for almost a year without a major
problem. You have to re-boot them every
3-4 months but that takes 3 secs.
and I even have domains on several of them.

I have seen them for the single porters at
79.95 at Best Buy and 8 port switches at 189.95
when available. 4 ports at 139.95

Bad point at times is the DHCP can be a pain
so I ususally use internal static series
of ip's like 192.168.1.2 to 254
But the new flash seems to fix DHCP.

I even used one on a Cisco 677 router
so the customer could have a wireless
hub as well and with 4 ports and
wireless at 299.95 ?? not a bad deal
but be careful of your security.

Franklin Werren
http://www.bagpipes.net

karate

Got one of the Linksys 1 port routers and threw a 5 port hub onto it. I think it's a really slick little unit. The latest firmware "stealths" any un-routed incoming traffic...quite a few by default. I've still got a personal firewall running on my PC, but it hasn't red-flagged since I put the router up. One of the really cool things you can do is have it log inbound and outbound traffic. That way you can see just what kind of activitiy is going on. Dshield has a list of good Linksys log viewers for most major OS's, which makes it really easy to know just what's happening and see who's knocking on the doors and jiggling the locks.

I think it's still a good idea to leave your personal firewall installed, just as a backup, but this is a great little box.


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Some people have a way with words, while others...erm...thingy.

I also enjoy my Linksys router......Im running the router into a HUB, so my roommates can also have internet acces. It helps me beat CableVision(my CABLE provider), so I only have to pay from one comp:D .......Of course, I also run ZoneAlarm fot added security...Case gives it a :thumbsup:...Money is very tight when your in College!

If you want to get the most out of your router, I would suggest using linksys' logviewer. Props to Pr0ph3t for telling me about it..............

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/befsr41/logviewer.exe.