[nzlug] IPCop box retiring. Getting NetGear DG834 ADSL Router. Comments? Wise move?

[Mark Foster]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Donald Gordon wrote:

> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:39:39 +1300, Howard <howard-nzlug at fox.co.nz> wrote:
>> on 2/11/2006 7:32 p.m. yuri wrote:
>>> Currently I *hate* any configuration whatsoever other than plugging it
>>> in and turning it on.
>>> I realise I'll have to enter my ISP details to connect, but other than
>>> that I'm sick of futzing.
>>
>> Then pretty much any cheap DSL router will do that.
>
> Some of them have less than desirable NAT implementations, however;
> I've seen too many that decided TCP connections had vanished if they
> saw no associated packets after a minute or two, which translates to
> idle SSH sessions mysteriously dying.

For the record I fixed this by implementing a 'keepalive' every 30 
seconds.  Works wonders.