Looks like an interesting product, but it's gotten some very mixed reviews on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WRVS4400N-Wireless-N-Gigabit-Security/dp/B000H97UC0 Jonathan Osborne WHRE Tech Coordinator p: 612.624.1217 e: jwo at umn.edu Florin Iucha said the following on 10/02/2007 13.56 > Hello, > > I'm looking for a "one size fits all" router for my home network. I > need something that can firewall between the four zones: WAN, DMZ, > local and Wi-Fi. I heard that WRT54g* can do it, but I had problems > when plugging it into my gigabit switch - it seemed to increase the > latency of pings and data transfers. > > Anyway, I see that Linksys has something that might fit the bill: > WRVS4400N [1]. Has anybody played with it? Pros? Cons? Any > similar devices out there? > > Yes, I know that I can build my firewall from a 486 and four NICs, but > I'd rather not have the big box and the extra power consumption. I > know about soekris but the motherboard alone is more expensive than > the Linksys. The routerboard guys might have a more affordable combo > (RB/153 + 18POW + CA/153 + R52 + AC/SWI= 119 + 9 + 19 + 49 + 15 = $211) > but that still means that I need a separate gigabit switch. > > Thanks, > florin > > [1] http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&cid=1154659754557