ip address on lan getting hijacked

[Derek Broughton]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:

>> Reconfigure?  Don't you have backups of the settings?  Get a Linux
>> router,
>> and treat it just like your PCs.  If mine fails, I'll just drop the
>> config files from this one onto the next one.
> 
> This is one way to do it, I'm talking about dropping in a SOHO router to

So am I.  There are a few different Linux routers available.  I currently
use the older Linksys WRT54Gs (before they lost their minds and went
proprietary), but if you check the OpenWRT website, you'll see they support
Netgear, D-Link and ASUS models, too.

> The router I have now handles my wired network (it's a switch), my
> wireless, a bank of DHCP serving, and routing, and cost in the
> neighborhood of $50 or $60 bucks, and won't need a keyboard or mouse or
> monitor if something goes snarfed.

My Linksys routers cost about the same, and are no more difficult to
maintain - but they give me the added ability to get right into the
software guts.
-- 
derek