[TenTec] SPAM, athletes foot, and other undesirable afflictions

[Kirk Yarina]

Around a year ago, after the lightning strike blew out my current router, I 
did a fair amount of research and replaced it with a Netgear FVS318.  Much 
better than any software based firewall; Gibson's scanners just gave it a 
top rating since it didn't respond to any probe on any port.  It's on a full 
time DSL connection, in front of a half dozen or so (they just seem to 
accumulate somehow) PCs on the home 100M network.

I'm very happy with this little box - after working with networks, routers, 
and data communications for around 25 years I haven't seen a better product 
with a price tag (around $100) anywhere close.

73 Kirk KC8MMU

>From: AC5E at aol.com

>One of the best things I ever did was to to <A 
>HREF="www.grc.com">www.grc.com</A> ( Gibson Research
>home page) and do the "test my shields, probe my ports" deal. Read all 
>about it,
>then do it.

...

>I hope this helps someone.
>
>73  Pete Allen  AC5E

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