I quite like the idea of being able to sit on the sofa (couch) and surf the web / transfer files between PC's at high speed.

If all the firewall stuff is on the box then how do I maintain it? is there some kind of software? where do the firewall logs go?
Does it do NAT (I think that's what I'm after.. to get 2 pc's on the internet via 1 IP address)

Then for the wireless bit.. can I buy any wireless card? or should I stick with a particular brand/standard?

Cheers
Will

>Hi Will,
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>I've just got the MR314 about which you speak. It replaced an RT314 that went belly up after 12 months for some reason (Netgear are replacing it but I couldn't wait for them to get stock). In general it's worked really well.
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>I haven't tried the wireless part of it yet, but I will RSN.
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>In general, the Netgear kit's been great. I'm running one of their 8 port switches as well (connected to the MR314 to the machines in the office), and all the machines have their NICs. Apart from the RT314 going down last week, the equipment hasn't missed a beat.
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>Another thing is that you may not have to have the cable point behind the TV. I know my cable provider has different access points for the TV and the Web/Phone lines.
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>HTH
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>Cheers,
>
>Andrew
>
>>Hi All
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>>I am about to get a cable modem installed into my home with 2 PC's attached and am looking into ways to make my life easier.
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>>Where the TV cable enters the house is nowhere near where the PC's are / or could be so I thought "Wireless network"
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>>I then realised that as I was having a permanent connection I was opening myself up to hacking.. so a decent firewall is needed.
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>>Netgear do a 4 port router with a wireless connectiton and a built in firewall.. this sounds perfect to me.. does anyone have any experience with using this kind of kit.. how well does it work, is the firewall as good as (say zonealarm) or better? how do I configure the firewall?
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>>My next worry, is if I have this box transmitting at 11mbps hidden behind the TV will it affect the TV or stereo etc?
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>>Any advice gladly received
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>>TIA