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ISB2LAN Router Reviewa hardware NAT solution with built-in firewall and DHCP
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Conclusion The bad: The usual problems, inherent to NAT. Lack of predefined special applications data. If you are running a small business and want an inexpensive Internet sharing solution, ISB2LAN is for you. You can’t beat the features and the savings from not ordering individual IP addresses for everyone, not to mention the security and access control features. Sure you can install a software NAT solution on one of your PCs, but what are you going to do when it goes through its several daily reboots? You can use a dedicated PC (which needs to be rebooted only once in a while), but that is way more expensive than ISB2LAN. The shortcomings are not likely to adversely affect typical business users. I think the choice is clear. For the home, you have to weigh your needs against what the box offers. If everybody in your household is a video or audio conferencing addict, or your family doubles as a game playing team, then go with individual IP addresses. If, like in most households, there is only one power user who needs all those complicated protocols and the rest are perfectly content with the Web, ICQ and E-mail, then it might be wise to shell out the bucks and get the box. A few years ago, I was running a software NAT on my computer, and thus providing access for the whole family. All was nice and dandy, until the first reboot. The bone-chilling screams "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF.." cured me forever from the desire to run any service on my personal machine. Your choice. :) Some day, IPv6 will rule the world. Until then, there is ISB2LAN. Enjoy!
Mike Dimitroff.
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