Thanks to all for the input regarding the router/internet situation.

I resolved the page draw slow-down on the Instagate firewall by disabling 
the content filtering; thus, giving the users carte blanche to the web.  Now 
pages show up instantaneously.  Each of the workstations and the file server 
have up to date anti-virus/adware that update daily.

Also, the crew here is not the type of office that messes with "the dark 
side" of the Internet.  Every screen is in view of someone else.

The mail server and intrusion blocking are still intact and enabled with no 
slow down of web browsing performance.

--gary tennesen
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From: "David Gillett" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:49 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] 11 station network

>  How certain are you that the Instagate is the problem?
>
>  Replacing it with a SOHO 4-port "firewall" router is like replacing a 
> minivan with
> a motorcycle.  If you only need to get one person to the office, it will 
> work; if you're
> trying to take a team of teenagers to soccer practice, it won't.
>
>  SOHO is for one or two people, often family members.  For an office with 
> a
> dozen employees, I'd be looking at a "real" firewall appliance -- not 
> necessarily
> Instagate, but more than a tiny router with a bit of security thrown in.
>
> David Gillett
> (CISSP, CCNP)
>
> 

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