opinions of DI-701 gateway/firwall

[Marshmallowman]

I can buy a d-link DI-701 gateway/firewall quite cheaply
($75 US->$150 Oz dollars)

and I will use it to replace my linux box gatway/firewall for my ADSL modem.

Any opinions on it reliability and functionality.?

[Reverend Maynard]

If you plan on accessing the internet at any point in time, the DI-701 is not for you. No fooling, 100% honest, it is hte worst piece of junk I have ever had to deal with. I picked it up when I first got dsl a couple years back, cause it was cheap and looked pretty good. I regretted buying it for damn near a year untill I could afford to pick up a Linksys router/switch combo. I upgraded firmware patch after firmware patch and with every problem that was fixed two more replaced it.

You play any games online? I ask because if you refresh the server list, it disconects you, and everyone on the LAN side.

You browse the web? I ask because it disconnects you randomly for no reason.

You download stuff? I hope not, because that's a sure fire way to make it disconnect you.

Mine is sitting in it's box in a drawer. I dunno what it costs to ship to your area, but this POS is yours real cheap if you want it.

[midnight]

Netgear 314 can be had pretty cheaply as well and is far better. Why do you want to rid yourself of the linux firewall though? I have an openbsd firewall running off of a cdrom right now with an underclocked fanless prox and it hardly makes a noise.

[Marshmallowman]

it just sounded convient, one less set of spining fans and hardrives, and less cables. It would also have given me another spare computer to play around with.

a bh6+celeron 300A+128M+g200+ 6G of UW scsi HDD's is abit over kill for a firewall...it also acts as a print server, file server and general computer (dchp and cacheing DNS).

The more I think about this less I like the idea of replacing it, I think the idea of a another set of flashing light on the 701 sucked me in...