I purchased the same router a month ago and have had no performance problems
as of yet. I have 3 workstations setup on my home network using Zone Alarm
Pro and the firewall setup in the router itself. So far so good.
Check the owners manual and verify that your clients meet the minimum spec
requirements.
Of course I have DSL which might be your problems as well. To really recieve
the full benefit of routing you need bandwidth which dialup access won't
achieve.

Barry Clark
MCSE/CCNA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Zeoli" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Barricade Router


> Hi I want to be able to network about 4 pcs, share a dial up internet
access, with potential to upgrade the internet to cable in the future.  I
purchased a
> Barricade Router (SMC7004ABR) from SMC which I thought would be able to do
all of this.
> I set it up and it worked.  I was able to share files between computers
and surf the net on both of the computers I started with.  Then after about
4 hours I could not longer access the router from either machine.  Turn it
off and next day it again worked for about 4 hours then performance degrades
until I can longer surf or even ping the router from either pc.  Well maybe
I set it up wrong, so after several setups same thing.  Then I contact SMC
and they say update the firm ware.  So I do.  Same problem.  Again I contact
SMC and they reply: "We have seen this issue and are currently addressing
it.  There will be a new firmware update available very soon (on our
website) that will resolve
> this problem. "  I need to resolve this issue so I am returning the
router.  Has any one have a similar need that they have solved and have a
product recomendation which will do this?
> thanks
>
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