SMC Barricade Plus Cable/DSL Broadband router Review : Introduction
By
TG Publishing Team,
published on October 24, 2002
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: smc, barricade, plus, cable
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: smc, barricade, plus, cable
Contents
1. Introduction
| SMC Barricade Plus Cable/DSL Broadband router | |
|---|---|
| Summary | VPN version of popular Barricade router with SPI based firewall and PPTP / IPsec VPN endpoint, but no printserver or dialup WAN support.
Will probably do better with PPTP vs. IPsec-based VPNs |
| Update | 10/24/02 - Updates for 2.03e firmware features, including TZO Dynamic DNS, UPnP, PPTP WAN type, and "loopback" support. |
| Pros | • Schedulable firewall rules & URL keyword blocking w/different time periods per day
• Supports 10 WAN IP addresses • Supports PPTP & IPsec VPN endpoints • Supports NetBIOS broadcast (MS Network browsing) |
| Cons | • No Web traffic logging
• No inbound port range mapping • 760kbps IPsec VPN performance • Poor IPsec VPN setup logging |
Got a problem? See our Troubleshooting section.
SMC's Barricade Plus is the only one of the current crop of inexpensive VPN endpoint routers to support both IPsec and PPTP tunnels. I found it to be similar to its non-VPN sibling the SMC7004VBR [reviewed here], but with a few idiosyncracies of its own...
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