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Which to use: OTS router or Linux-based?

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by vncoder

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G'day all,
Could someone (or everyone) give your argument on which is better and why for a home user between 1 to 5 users using Dial-up/Cable/ADSL? Must in consider of as many aspect as possible: security, power consumption, price, etc:
* Off the shelf router
* Linux-based router/firewall (e.g. Smoothwall or IPCop)

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by lordinfidel

There is a *free* router/firewall out there called
BBIagent.

It is linux based and can use PPPoE to connect.

by lordinfidel

You don't even need to buy/have a HDD.

Just a floppy disk, a floppy drive, (essentially a crappy system with 2 nic's) and you have yourself a router/firewall.

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