From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@iinet.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT router advice] a router capable of detailed logs
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:01:45 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1303264905.8315.6.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin+gv+5z8kD4f47mvwHXOV4zMEAvw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 09:50 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Stroller
> <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On 19/4/2011, at 4:31am, Harry Putnam wrote:
> >> ...
> >> So, cutting to the chase; can anyone recommend from actual use, a home
> >> lan router that has gigabit lan ports and very configurable/
> >> informative logging options?
> >>
> >> ps - I'm not interested in running an old linux or openbsd, machine as
> >> router. Having a silent cool router the size and weight of a medium
> >> book is too appealing.
> >
> > Consider OpenWRT. You can run it on something like the Netgear WNR2000, the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, or something even cheaper if you don't need wifi.
>
> I have WZR-HP-G300NH (running DD-WRT), if you don't plan on using wifi
> it would be great. The wifi is really unstable and I couldn't
> recommend this device if you're a heavy wifi user, but the wired
> portion works great, the device itself is by far the fastest I've ever
> owned, and it has a USB port so you can attach external storage in
> case you want to use it as a server, too.
>
> If your wifi users are limited to web browsing/email it would probably
> be okay for that, but if you do anything with persistent open
> connections (ssh, gaming, streaming movies) then you'll quickly pull
> your hair out in frustration at the constant wifi stalls and
> disconnects.
>
> The good news about the bad wifi is that the constant negative reviews
> and dissatisfied customers have forced the price down really low, I
> got mine for about $50. :)
>
I have this device and am using Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/07/10) std
- its been totally stable since I dumped the buffalo firmware. My son
plays windoze online games and I often move large files around as well
as stream mythtv across it - no problems at all. Until I started
powering the systems down at night (power charges went up :) it would
stay up for over a month at a time and it was never a crash as to why it
was restarted - usually power, or reconfiguration.
BillK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-20 2:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-19 3:31 [gentoo-user] [OT router advice] a router capable of detailed logs Harry Putnam
2011-04-19 6:02 ` Mick
2011-04-20 15:56 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2011-04-21 5:55 ` Mick
2011-04-21 5:58 ` Mick
2011-04-22 19:28 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-22 22:17 ` Mick
2011-04-25 17:37 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-25 18:20 ` Paul Hartman
2011-04-25 19:04 ` Mick
2011-04-25 18:44 ` Mick
2011-04-25 22:23 ` Jake Moe
2011-04-26 6:08 ` Mick
2011-04-26 22:27 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-27 6:23 ` Mick
2011-04-28 5:31 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-28 14:36 ` Todd Goodman
2011-04-30 4:28 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-30 15:02 ` Todd Goodman
2011-04-28 16:07 ` Mick
2011-04-19 6:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Joost Roeleveld
2011-04-20 16:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2011-04-19 9:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter Humphrey
2011-04-20 16:23 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2011-04-20 18:49 ` Dale
2011-04-20 19:38 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-20 19:50 ` Dale
2011-04-20 22:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-04-20 22:36 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-20 23:35 ` Dale
2011-04-21 5:37 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-04-19 10:17 ` [gentoo-user] " Pandu Poluan
2011-04-19 10:18 ` Stroller
2011-04-19 14:50 ` Paul Hartman
2011-04-20 2:01 ` W.Kenworthy [this message]
2011-04-20 18:50 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2011-04-20 18:15 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-20 18:15 ` Todd Goodman
2011-04-20 19:01 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-20 18:48 ` Paul Hartman
2011-04-20 19:28 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-20 20:11 ` Paul Hartman
2011-04-20 22:41 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-21 12:22 ` Todd Goodman
2011-04-22 20:25 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-22 22:47 ` Todd Goodman
2011-04-20 19:14 ` Harry Putnam
2011-04-30 17:47 ` James
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