[gentoo-user] Re: [OT router advice] a router capable of detailed logs

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes:

> 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.


All good, except then you have to muck around with iptables.  I once
knew a bit about that when it first replaced ipchains in linux
distros... thats' been yrs ago, and I've completely forgotten whatever
I may have learned back then.  I ended up switching to PF filter on
OpenBSD for firewall/router... and have now forgotten all about that too.

Are you using openWRT on a router yourself?

If so, is there a basic iptables script rigged up for numbskulls to be
able to add and subtract from it readily?

I actually wrote such a thing for myself way back when. (The part for
numbskulls, not iptables) but would not look forward to trying to
remaster what ever I need to know about iptables to use openWRT.