Mike Saunders wrote:
> I am about to purchase a ADSL modem/router and have been watching this group
> over the last few weeks for useful information. I have noted that the
> Draytek models seem to be top of the range but they seem to have poor
> documentation so I would appreciate any feedback on how the leading
> contenders rate as far as their firewall features and ease of setup are
> concerned as I am about to get broadband I need to feel secure in leaving
> the machine on for many hours at a time
>
> I do not require a wireless setup and need only to share 3 pc's on a LAN,
> have common internet access with the possibilty of acting as a VPN server
> occasionally
>
> By the way does not needing wireless help with the shadow of doubt that
> seems to hang over the Netgear and Lynksys
I can only comment on the Draytek and you are correct that its
documentation is very poor. However, it is easy enough to set up the basics
in the Vigor firewall and there are active forums that will help if you
need more.
I currently have a few extra (above the default rules) rules defined to
allow for some peer-2-peer stuff and a few other incoming and outgoing traffic.
The layout of the firewall setup is needlessly complex in my opinion,
especially if you have configured other firewalls such as a SonicWall and I
can't yet claim to have worked out all of the details - simply haven't had
time to do much since broadband arrived.
As for the VPN, the Vigor does have a full VPN implementation that is
pretty easy to set up. Unfortunately I've not been able to try it as yet as
the place I really want to use it from (a work office) is, itself, behind a
firewall and I haven't yet figured a way to get that to work (if indeed it
is possible). My experience with VPN's (those terminating on client
machines anyway) is that they are VERY tempremental. Router to router
VPN's, however, are easy to set up. Draytek do provide a very useful client
tool for Windows XP that does the configuration for you, that seems very
impressive but simple to use.
I have been monitoring my firewall on and off since I got broadband and
have not been able to detect any problems so far so I am very pleased with
the Vigor (I have the 2600G by the way, it came with the latest firmware).
If you definitely do not need the wireless, you don't need the 2600G of
course, there are other Vigor models without. The Draytek routers are
fairly expensive but most the comments I have read have been positive and I
can only agree so far.
--
Julian Knight,
http://www.knightnet.org.uk/
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Security, Directory, Messaging, Network & PC Consultant
Instant Messaging:Jabber=(E-Mail Removed), Yahoo!=knighjm
Similar Threads
Linear Mode
