said by Tzale 
: said by hescominsoon :something you can do is get an old pc and turn it into a firewall/router with a 10/100 nic..:0 I run Astaro here. Hopefully somtimes in the new few years we can get FIOS..I will then just hook right into my firewall machine.
While I'm all for recycling old computers and finding a use for them, I feel this is a bad thing. Computers use a lot of electricity compared to a router. We're talking $5-10/month to run some systems 24X7. Here in New Jersey I used to run 6 computers 24X7, when I stopped running them the price of the electricity dropped $40/month. So in the long run you'd be better off just getting a router, it is a lot more energy efficient. Just make sure you get one with a 100MBIT WAN port. Personally myself, I'll just use Verizon's DLINK router. It works, that's all that matters to me. If I was forced to buy one I wouldn't care. That is how hyped up I am about FIOS, I'd drop $1,000 for it right now.
-Tzale
Hrmm..my firewall server is an old p-2 350 that does not draw much more than todays routers. If i was using a p-4 or ahtlonxp it would be a concern. However the Astaro also gives many many things a router canot. The small small amount of extra electricity is well worth the extra security i gain.
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