From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 17:06:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DE406CF.8070409@libertytrek.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110529004207.GA5935@pacific.net.au>
On 2011-05-28 8:42 PM, Gregory Shearman wrote:
> In linux.gentoo.user, Todd Goodman wrote:
>> * Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> [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... ;)
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2011-05-29 0:42 ` [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support Gregory Shearman
2011-05-30 14:33 ` Todd Goodman
2011-05-30 21:06 ` Tanstaafl [this message]
2011-05-31 12:15 ` Todd Goodman
2011-05-28 17:10 Tanstaafl
2011-05-28 21:38 ` Todd Goodman
2011-05-29 0:43 ` William Kenworthy
2011-05-29 1:17 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-05-29 9:08 ` Mick
2011-05-29 12:28 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-05-30 21:06 ` Tanstaafl
2011-05-31 4:00 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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