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 1QCctb-0008Ju-Uz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:17:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A7161C0BE; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1745B1C0BE for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A261B403B for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:15:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.293 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.293 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.694, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19DAxHZAgnM1 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:15:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27AF06476F for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:15:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QCcra-000124-7z for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:14:58 +0200 Received: from c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.231.30]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:14:58 +0200 Received: from reader by c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:14:58 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT router advice] a router capable of detailed logs Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:14:46 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87k4eod9ax.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <878vv69asl.fsf@newsguy.com> 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 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110016 (No Gnus v0.16) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:F9wpLfkbxOHaE2Ffxfc8oqTfHQ0= X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0c56026bc8d213671df0f1834052eddb Stroller 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.