Hawking Technology PN9239 DSL/Cable Router with 4-Port Switch

I purchased this router specifically for the Time of Day content filtering. When it arrived I could not find how to set it up or even set the system time. When I contacted Hawking's tech support they said it does not have taht feature even though it is listed on their own web site and in the data sheet I downloaded from them. The data sheet also says the package contains a CD. It does not. I wonder what other features it does not have in reality.

Hawking does it again. SBC finally updated our area for DSL availability, so I ordered their service. I wanted a router/firewall to protect my home network. After looking at units, such as SonicWall, I settled on something that I could actually afford - the Hawking PN9239 DSL Router.

This router has similar features of other, costlier ones. It has switch-selectable support for dsl or cable service. It has built-in web-enabled set-up that allows quick and easy set-up. The service I use employs PPPoE and the Hawking unit was up and operational after entering the account name and password information for the account. Static and dynamic IP addresses are supported and the unit can serve as a DHCP server if needed.

I am very impressed with the quality and ease of set-up and operation of this router, as well as the affordability of the unit. I have never been disappointed in any of the Hawking products I have used.

Used to have a Linksys, but the wife could never use it to VPN into work, always had to connect straight to the cable modem, leaving me without net access. Lots of complaints on the net for this exact problem - seems to be an MTU size problem. Threw it away and bought the Hawkings and we are both so very happy now! The wife no longer has her Windows XP machine straight on the internet, we can both be online at the same time.

There is a problem with using the web interface for management of the unit: can not use Safari; can not upgrade the firmware with IE. Have to use OmniWeb to complete the upgrade (at least for Mac OS X, don't know what to expect on a Windows machine).

One feature that the Linksys had that I would like is the logging of incoming and outgoing traffic, showing which ports and addresses are being used.

The logging feature on this one that I really like is that I can see when there is a port scan attack against me.

The unit is much smaller than the Linksys,...Read more