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SMC7004VBR Barricade Cable/DSL Broadband Router Review

Tim Higgins

July 29, 2002

Introduction

SMC Barricade Cable/DSL Broadband Router

SMC7004VBR Barricade Cable/DSL Broadband Router
Summary	-New version of popular Barricade router with SPI based firewall, but no printserver or dial-up WAN support
Update	7/31/2003 - Address mapping / Multi NAT feature removed.
Pros	• Schedulable firewall rules and URL keyword blocking, with different time periods per day
Cons	• No Web traffic logging • No static inbound port range mapping

It sure has taken a long time, but SMC's next-generation Barricade has finally hit the shelves. Although the little guy still won't win any beauty contests, it might win a place in your SOHO network...

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