From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QCMlh-0000So-0w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:03:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 774111C02B; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.105]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE9EC1C033 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:02:07 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgUIALk9rk18qbOU/2dsb2JhbACEUJMijUx3tEaROIEpg056BIVnjCcb X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.64,243,1301846400"; d="scan'208";a="263070121" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.169.179.148]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 20 Apr 2011 10:02:05 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 993D020A9F87 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:02:05 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ucPJZtXgKHV3 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:01:48 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.48.6] (unknown [192.168.48.6]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC4F20A9D8D for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:01:47 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT router advice] a router capable of detailed logs From: "W.Kenworthy" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <878vv69asl.fsf@newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Home in Perth, Western Australia Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:01:45 +0800 Message-ID: <1303264905.8315.6.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: df9597f52623e9d28eb044fe9edba095 On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 09:50 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Stroller > 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