On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:45 PM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I also know from experience that too much complexity in one device is also bad - especially as the order of processing becomes significant, and/or processing interacts and increases complexity. Where that point is, for each person, is probably different. And/or as flexibility requirements (e.g. traffic control / monitoring / filtering / directing) increase, richer interfaces require more capacity than may be present in (cheap, retail) black boxes.<br>
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e.g. If you end up wanting to run, nmap, snort, mrtg, rrdtool, and I forget all what else. Plus this, that, and the other thing.<br></blockquote><div><br>Agreed. <br><br>I don't plan on running many things. Only having the ability to troubleshoot down to the client computer when needed. Nothing more fancy than that.<br>
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Consider too, will the 4 ports be enough, or are you ultimately going to cascade to additional switches anyways.<br></blockquote><div><br>Already have an 8 (or was it 16) port Gigabit switch for the home LAN, so even a router with a single LAN port will do.<br>
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OTOH, regardless of what else you do, you want the hardware to provide 802.11n (2.4 & 5) to the house. </blockquote><div><br>I am conflicted on the 5GHz stuff though. The reason is that I could never get the router and the old 2.4GHz cordless phone to co-exist peacefully. Everytime the phone would ring, the WLAN would disconnect. Very annoying. <br>
<br>I bought a 5GHz cordless phone, and things have been stable since.<br><br>So, may not even run Wireless N on 5GHz because of that.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
So it's not like it's going to go to waste. e.g. it could ultimately become the hardwired DMZ gateway while providing wi-fi. Or something.<br>
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