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    WAN/LAN port assignment rant !

    Yeah, that figures. Hence "proper" routers being so much more. Still, the ranting made me feel better :) Thanks for the response, and thanks for a great site..
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    WAN/LAN port assignment rant !

    Well I have a Dual WAN router, but I got to thinking if every router had a flexible approach to how it's ports where used, then every router could be a multi-WAN router (given the right firmware etc etc). It just seems....artificial to fix a perfectly good port into a single configuration. I'm...
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    WAN/LAN port assignment rant !

    Right, time to get this off my chest. :mad: Why the @#^!% do SOHO router manufacturers insist on forcing which interface is the WAN interface and which is the LAN ? If I buy a Cisco router, there's no limitation on which Ethernet NIC is used for what, so why should lower end routers ...
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    Dual WAN Wireless Firewall/Router

    That's a good point Claykin, thanks for the reply. It also opens up my search options nicely ! :)
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    Dual WAN Wireless Firewall/Router

    Hi All, Okay, so here's a challenge for you :) One in which I'm stumped so far. What I'd really like, is the following features in a single box. I can spend hundreds on seperates to do this, but that's not ideal for me: Wireless (802.11g, WPA2) Gigabit Switch (min four ports)...
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