[geeks] Forwarded router question

[Micah R Ledbetter]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> "I now have three computers I want to connect.  I am perturbed enough
> with the DLink router I have to want a much nicer one.  I want the
> ability to forward ports, VPN etc.  What would be a good one?  I may be
> interested in just running a PC in the future but for now a
> semi-flexible appliance solution would be what I'm after now."
> 
> I believe this question was discussed not too long back, but not from
> the perspective of "I want it to be an appliance".  Anyone have any
> advice regarding an off-the-shelf appliance to do what he wants, or are
> they all going to be pretty much lowest-common-denominator consumer devices?

Obligatory WRT54GL + dd-wrt plug. I use it, with OpenVPN (I have my 
notes if you want to see them... it was a little tricky) and 
port-forwarding. It Works For Me(tm).

  - Micah