Time to Upgrade Wireless Router

I have an old D-Link router and want to get something newer and better --
with more security features like hardware virus and spam blocking -- if
possible.

Can anyone recommend such a device (has to be TIVO friendly) that won't
break the bank? I see lots of ads for such devices but would like to hear
from actual users and not salesmen.

Thanks in advance!



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"DWACON" <nospam@nospam.nospam> hath wroth:

>I have an old D-Link router and want to get something newer and better --
>with more security features like hardware virus and spam blocking -- if
>possible.
>
>Can anyone recommend such a device (has to be TIVO friendly) that won't
>break the bank? I see lots of ads for such devices but would like to hear
>from actual users and not salesmen.

Spam and virus firewalls are normally not a feature of bottom of the
line home routers. They tend to be high powered, stand alone pieces
of dedicated hardware, with astronomical price tags. For example:
<http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/spam_overview.php>
start at about $1,800 each. There are also software versions, that
run on the mail server, and require substantial administrative
overhead to keep up to date with the latest spammer techniques.

If you're only trying to keep your own email clean, and haven't had
much luck with various programs and products that run on your PC, then
perhaps a commercial email filtering service will be both cheaper and
better.
<http://www.postini.com>
These are usually resold through your ISP or email service providers.
You might check with cox.net to see if they offer additional spam
filtering. Looks like they offer Symantec's Brightmail filtering,
which is quite good:
<http://www.cox.com/sandiego/highspeedinternet/spam.asp>
<http://www.cox.com/sandiego/highspeedinternet/spamfaq.asp>


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DWACON wrote:
> I have an old D-Link router and want to get something newer and better --
> with more security features like hardware virus and spam blocking -- if
> possible.
>
> Can anyone recommend such a device (has to be TIVO friendly) that won't
> break the bank? I see lots of ads for such devices but would like to hear
> from actual users and not salesmen.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>

Consider getting a decent router and separate wireless access point. By
the time you add good modern crypto security on top of a router
(especially public key exponentiation on home networking toys), the load
may be pretty heavy for a single integrated piece of hardware.

Its possible to get a decent router (like a 3com OfficeConnect) and a
used Cisco wireless access point (like a Cisco 1121G on eBay).
Configuration of a Cisco access point might be a great learning
experience, but I can't think of a more robust set-up combination
without breaking the bank.

"Cal Vanize" <dont.even.spam.me@myspam.org> wrote in message
news:9_pCi.26$6%4.7@newsfe06.lga...
> DWACON wrote:
>> I have an old D-Link router and want to get something newer and better --
>> with more security features like hardware virus and spam blocking -- if
>> possible.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend such a device (has to be TIVO friendly) that won't
>> break the bank? I see lots of ads for such devices but would like to
>> hear from actual users and not salesmen.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>
>
> Consider getting a decent router and separate wireless access point. By
> the time you add good modern crypto security on top of a router
> (especially public key exponentiation on home networking toys), the load
> may be pretty heavy for a single integrated piece of hardware.
>
> Its possible to get a decent router (like a 3com OfficeConnect) and a used
> Cisco wireless access point (like a Cisco 1121G on eBay). Configuration of
> a Cisco access point might be a great learning experience, but I can't
> think of a more robust set-up combination without breaking the bank.
>

Will consider that. I recently got an email from ZoneLabs (I formerly ran
ZoneAlarm until I saw a hacker get past that like it was nothing on a server
at the office) -- they have their own hardware device. My first thought
was, "no way."

I originally wanted a separate router and WAP but putting two D-Link devices
together didn't work very well. Even their tech support advised against it.


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