floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote in
news:874qajfbw2.fld@barrow.com:

> Barry OGrady <atheist.xxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:02:15 GMT, David Taylor <djtaylor@bigfoot.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>> >Which requires a second computer...
>>>>
>>>> Which is not a problem.
>>>
>>>Where in the specification of the question does it say that adding a
>>>second computer isn't a problem? :)
>>
>>Where in the specification of the question does it say that adding a
>>second computer is a problem? :)
>
> You are absolutely right. The OP could probably find one that
> someone is throwing in the trash that would be far more than is
> needed for a firewall. And despite what David thinks, booting
> up a Linux firewall is pretty darned easy (e.g., every Linksys
> WRT54G does it in about 7 seconds).
>
> Total cost: $0.
>

No Linksys router has a FW. The NAT router has SPI maybe and some other FW
like features. And it can be used as part of a total FW solution as a
border device. But it's not an appliance that is running FW software, even
if it is running SPI.

Duane :)