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 1QROME-0008Dc-Gz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 12:47:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C574B1C06E; Tue, 31 May 2011 12:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [70.91.141.202]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88CFB1C06E for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 12:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4VCFwmn014855 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 08:15:58 -0400 Received: (from tgoodman@localhost) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p4VCFwXo014854 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 08:15:58 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.bonedaddy.net: tgoodman set sender to tsg@bonedaddy.net using -f Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 08:15:58 -0400 From: Todd Goodman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support Message-ID: <20110531121558.GR20163@ns1.bonedaddy.net> References: <20110529004207.GA5935@pacific.net.au> <4DE406CF.8070409@libertytrek.org> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DE406CF.8070409@libertytrek.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 79e14c78d534cd20b1a4b277058ffa6f * Tanstaafl [110530 16:40]: > On 2011-05-28 8:42 PM, Gregory Shearman wrote: > > In linux.gentoo.user, Todd Goodman wrote: > >> * Tanstaafl [110528 12:43]: > >>> Anyone? Will one of the FLOSS builds for the cheap Cable/DSL routers > >>> support VLANs on the different built-in router ports (ie, Tomato, DD-WRT > >>> or OpenWRT)? > >>> > >>> Looking forward to any suggestions/ideas... > >> > >> Hi, I'm pretty sure OpenWRT supports VLANs. > >> > >> I started using it on a Buffalo WHR-G300N (I think, not at home to check > >> right now.) Cheap and I didn't expect much but it works great (far > >> better than any Linksys or trendnet products I've purchased and run > >> their firmware on.) > > > > I'll second that. I run a Buffalo Nfiniti WZR-HP-G300NH with openwrt > > installed. It is VLAN capable and has Gigabyte ethernet and b/g/n wifi. > > It also has a USB socket for extra disk storage if needed (or any other > > peripheral you fancy). It just sits in the corner and does its job. It > > is also very cheap. > > Thanks for the reco guys... will probably go with it... > > Is the VLAN configurable via the GUI? Or is it commandline only? I'm not > exactly a whiz with this stuff... > > Also, any pointers to OpenWRT docs that cover creating VLANs? I > obviously want to make sure I do it right... I'd hate to *think* I was > secure and then find out the hard way I goofed when setting it up... ;) I'm not at home and haven't used VLANs on it but I'm pretty sure it supports GUI config of VLANs. I've found the GUI to be very well done once I got used to the navigation (which was counterintuitive at first to me, but then so are some commercial GUIs too.) Todd