Netgear Cable/DSL Router

[klax33]

Anyone use one of these all-in-one devices? I was curious as to how it effects IRCing (such as DCC chats/transfers). Since it has a built-in firewall I was curious because my firewall lets me DCC send and chat out, but doesn't allow incomming connections (and that makes me mad because I can't figure out how to correct it!). Anyway, I just wanted to know a general opinion before I go out and sink $125 on one. Thanks in advance.

[TheBouleOfFools]

I use a Linksys Cable/DSL router. I'm not sure how much different it is from the Netgear one, though. It works great. Not sure what it's doing, but it works great. Blocks all unwanted access from the outside but I can do anything I want to. I run a webserver on Apache, and it routes all trafic on port 80 to my server computer (err which is also my workstation :) ). I've never had a problem where it blocks something like a file transfer or chat, and my dog is driving me crazy cause he wont stfu....

[bdg1983]

I just finished a few days ago installing and configuring my Linksys 1 port router (already have a DLink 8 port switch), and the reading I have done so far in the manual and at the Linksys website has suggesting for opening up a port for allowing such things as IRC, VNC etc.

You could try DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) or what my manual suggests for mIRC. Set port forwarding to 113 for the computer on which you are using mIRC. Would that be the same as your?

Hope it helps.

[Craig McPherson]

I've used the Linksys, but not the Netgear.

The Linksys is great -- except that the web-based administration interface is written in "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" Engrish. It's tolerable, though: just to have set up router configure interface to, functions happily router happy.

However, if you're in a position to use a Linux box as a router, you don't need one. Get one if you think it's cool, but you'll get much finer control with a Linux router. You might get better performance also, but, heck, those things might actually BE running Linux inside and we'd never know.

I can't speak for the Netgear, but with the Linksys, you can either forward individual ports (up to a maximum of 10) to specified machines on the network, or you can forward EVERY port with the DMZ feature. For DCC on IRC, you could just do a couple port-forwards: the DMZ would be a bit of an overkill.