<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hey,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I am not sure if they still make one but I have a dialup appliance/4port ether switch from netgear.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It works like a champ, does dial-on-demand etc.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Good Luck.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Shawn</font>
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</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>Shawn Taylor</b></font>
<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>Systech Retail Systems</b></font>
<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>Suite 200 - 5510 Six Forks rd.</b></font>
<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>Raleigh, NC</b> <b>27609</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Hi Everyone,<br>
> I got a frantic phone call from my completely computer illiterate<br>
> father this morning. His home computer was getting hit with Master<br>
> Blaster. My folks have a dialup account with the local version of Bill<br>
> and Ted's Excellent ISP. They're in very rural PA. Since we all know <br>
> how<br>
> good M$'s security is, does anyone know of a dialup version of the<br>
> little router/firewall appliances broadband users have? The idea of<br>
> their uncustomized XP machine hanging out on the internet scares me.<br>
> I've done some poking around, but have not been able to find one.<br>
> Seems like there would be enough customers for such a product to exist.<br>
> I am very comfortable with iptables, but I don't want to support a<br>
> dialup machine 600 miles away. They also don't have room for another <br>
> PC.<br>
> I really need some kind of little appliance.<br>
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> TIA,<br>
> Ken</font>
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