[GLLUG] router for home

[Mike Neir]

OpenWRT still works like a champ. I've had my two WRT54GLs serving as 
both APs and kismet drones for the better part of a year, and the only 
time they go down is when monkey around with my UPSs. I also have a 
friend that threw OpenWRT on one of the Linksys EVDO wireless routers 
(he lives out in the sticks), and it vastly improved the reliability of 
his  internet connection and increased his maximum download speeds by a 
factor of three or four over the stock firmware. Your mileage may vary 
of course, but it's definitely something to explore.

MN

Sean O'Malley wrote:
> Does Openwrt still work on the Linksys? I thought around v.4+ and that
> started to fail. ??
> 
> It depends on how much security , how much configurability you want vs how
> much you want to spend. :) I have seen people use everything from the 5
> dollar wireless routers to 300-500 dollar routers with firewalls, traffic
> shaping, the ability to create several routable networks and VPN
> capabilities. The 300-500 dollar box one is nice if you don't trust the
> wireless network and/or want to limit bandwidth usage and I think it had
> failover to dial-up too.
> 
> I ran into issues with my 5 dollar belkin wireless one (b, i dont think it
> was 5 bucks at the time I bought it.), when it only held 5 MAC addresses.
> I tried upgrading to 2 different 10 dollar G ones (one was a Netgear), and
> couldnt turn off the radio and I don't think it did MAC address filtering.
> 
> I like the ApplePorts, I have an Express for the iTunes and my stereo (ti
> is hardwired with wireless turned off but it does have the ability to be
> both a router and a client. Supposedly if you have a base statation are to
> be able to overlap coverage without disconnecting. I think it is one of
> the few that have a modem option. I don't know if it fails over though. :)
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Karl Schuttler wrote:
> 
>> My vote is for openwrt or dd-wrt on linksys WRT54GL as well. Embedded
>> devices rock.
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2007 9:53 AM, Mike Neir <lists at obscuredomainname.com> wrote:
>>> I currently have two Linksys WRT54GLs flashed with OpenWRT, and I highly
>>> recommend it. OpenWRT gives you the flexibility of a linux system while
>>> still giving you the benefits of a nice small embedded device (small,
>>> quiet, low-power, etc).
>>>
>>> Last time I checked, the WRT54GLs were around $50-$60, so it's a pretty
>>> low-cost solution as well.
>>>
>>> MN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael George wrote:
>>>> My home router/firewall is acting wonky and has to be power-cycled every
>>>> so often.  I think it's time to get a new one.  My needs are very simple,
>>>> all I need are NAT and port forwarding of a single port or two.  I have
>>>> thought about a m0n0wall, IPCop, smoothwall, or some other similar system,
>>>> but since I need so little I hate to feed such a big system when a little
>>>> firmware router will consume less power and probably work just fine.  I
>>>> would also like the option of wireless to the router, even if I don't need
>>>> it right now...
>>>>
>>>> I'd like people's recommendations on what to look into for a good router.
>>>> If you think that a *nix distro *is* the way to go in spite of my
>>>> reasoning above, I'd like to hear it.  If you have a router/firewall
>>>> that's been serving you well, I'd like to know what brand.
>>>>
>>>> If I my next one runs 5 years+ like this current netgear has for me, I
>>>> guess I will be mostly satisfied...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your time!
>>>>
>>>> -Michael George
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