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Re: [LUG] New router

 

Julian Hall wrote:
> On 29/04/2010 12:22, Edwin Rhodes wrote:
>> We have a bt home hub router, which has some good features, however
>> not as
>> stable as I would like, have to reboot about once a week.
>> Ed
>>    
> Edimax make a couple of routers with USB ports.  The BR-6215Srg which I
> have has two enabling you to share a USB hard drive as well as printer
> over the network.
> 
> Be warned though, make sure you have the latest firmware as the hard
> disk I had shared on mine was visible over the Internet, despite
> deliberately disabling the option.  Once the firmware was updated the
> problem went away.  Mine has been in service a couple of years now and
> needs resetting every so often, maybe once every couple of weeks at most.
> 
> Julian
> 
I have Googled about the Draytek routers. Very expensive. On the other
hand, if it lasts say five years....??

More research needed. Thanks for all the help so far.

Neil

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