linux gateway and router = redundant?

[Mark Street]

 From a $$ point of view keep the Linksys as your router.
 From a learning point of view chuck the Linksys and setup a Linux box as a 
router.  Set a cheap 8 port switch/hub for 50 bucks on the inside and be 
done with it.
There is always a price for learning something new..... your time...and 
more parts..  But that is why you are asking the question right???  There 
would be nothing to learn if you set the Linksys.


At 03:30 PM 3/15/2002 -0800, augie wrote:

>orignially i was thinking of having a linux gateway and a router in between
>my LAN, and the rest of the world. but then i started reading the specs for
>my router (linksys 4port), and i saw that it did everything i was expecting
>the linux gateway to do. ie. filtering, logging, and port forwarding.
>
>so now im thinking a linux gateway on top of a hardware router is gonna be
>pointless. are there bennefits to this kind of redundancy or should i just
>stick with just the router?