[PLUG] Re: Netgear Closes Support Request Without Response

[Keith Morse]

Rich Shepard wrote:
> Keith,
>
>   These look like wireles access points. I'm looking for an internal
> network
> switch and firewall that sits between the DSL bridge and the internal
> network. The Netgear is small, silent, and has all the necessary
> functions.
> Unfortunately, the maximum host-to-host transfer rates are only
> 47Kb/sec on a
> fast Ethernet network.

I call them routers but they do support differing devices, wireless
being just one.

The routerboard 500 has what appears to be 3 ethernet interfaces and
slots for mini-pci cards. 

Maybe another alternative would be the linksys wrt54g with an alternate
firmware loaded such as OpenWRT.