I planning to buy a wireless/wired router modem to use it at my house. I have one desktop and i laptop. I looking for a wireless/wired router modem which support by Linux, less trouble, user friendly, high security features, supports set up mail server, web server, proxy, exchange server and file or printer sharing. Besides that, i also planning to set up a server in my house and others computer access the internet through this server. (Something like proxy i guess but i don't know what in linux)


Could anyone please suggest some wonderful and amazing products ?


Your help is greatly appreciated by me and others.


A billion thanks to all of you.

there is no such thing as a router that supports an operating system. it's just another bit of network kit that talks ip to everyone else. it's only crappy usb connected devices which rlate to a host operating system, and they've al but died out now thank god...

aditionally routers don't run mail servers etc... it's not their job. that's for a seperate server.

i have a server and it acts as a router sometimes also besides being a mail server etc.
when i access the web from my laptop when i'm at the server
but otherwise there is no such thing as linux/windows/mac/or any other OS compatible router
because it is a stand alone machine and you configure it through a web form or do it by hand through its console

I would avoid the combo router/modems. One is much better off with two separate units. If you change laptops down the road, say going from wireless-G to Wireless-N you will have a obsolete modem+router. With separate units you can always upgrade one without worrying about the other. Modems (to some extent) are best chosen by what isp one is using.

With the increased bandwidth requirements today(and going into the future) one may want to consider a router that is hardwired with gigabit ethernet. Unfortunately the selection of routers that have gigE is rather limited.

Lazlow

i really wouldn't agree there. not that i'm massively experienced in cutesy home adsl routers, but modem functionality is tpyically minimal, and the added complexity of having an uplink lan between router and modem makes it fairly unattractive. a simple portforward becomes a connection across multiple devices and such. the cost of the modem component in a adsl router is very small...

Acid

In part you just made my point. I had assumed he was talking about a cable modem. If one were to switch from dsl to cable (or the other way around) the modem and router would both be useless. I will admit the ethernet cable running from the router to modem is less than attractive, but you can buy very short cables ( more expensive than regular ones) if this is a concern. As far as increasing complexity the only problem I have ever run into was the order that one turns on the equipment (most, but not all, prefer modem first then router).

Lazlow

i'd say the relevance of possibly needing to flip between adsl and cable are dependent on where you live and what's available. and also what you want to do... there are only so many potentials you would want to guard against reall.

Acid

Yep, it is all about having choices.

Peter

Is there a particular reason you want all the computers to run through the main computer to get to the internet? It is easier (IMHO) to just run them through the router directly. If you plan on running a video server my earlier point on gigE becomes much more important. To be clear, running gigE will not speed up you stuff going to/from the internet but it will massively speed up in house transfers (video server or just large file transfers).

Something like:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833127158

Not that I think this is the best router out there.

Good Luck
Lazlow

I don't have any reasons to set up a main computer and let all the computer access the internet through the proxy. I just want to learn how to set up one proxy using LInux because i am a newbie and currently taking computer courses. It is a huge advantages for me to know how to set up one proxy server.


By the way, thanks for all your valuable information and guideline.

Besides that, any good combo wired/wireless router modem recommendations by all fo you ?


Your help is greatly appreciated by me.

Hope JESUS will blesses you all.


A billion thanks to all for you.

Peter

I do not think you ever posted wether you wanted a dsl modem or a cable modem.

Lazlow

I have set up proxy in my Mandriva Linux power pack during isntallation but when i try to browse, it display an error message which is unknow n proxy server.