[geeks] 486 as router/firewall/server

[kurt at k-huhn.com]

> Speaking of, I wonder what my Netgear RT314 "gateway router" (aka
> Zyxel PR314) runs as an OS base; I knwo its "ZyNOS", or at least a
> Netgear-labled version, but is it proprietary or based off a free *nix?
>
> Had it for about six months (or more?) now; and I love it.  One of the
> best $65 I ever spent, and I dont have to build/maintain a PC just to
> be a NAT box.
>

Cool!

I use a Netscreen 5 that I got about a year ago.

Not sure how the OS was developed, but Netscreen tells you that ScreenOS is
a proprietary OS.  It "feels" more like Ciscos IOS than any OS I've dealt
with.

Kurt