<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 March 2014 11:09, Colin Brough <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.brough@blueyonder.co.uk" target="_blank">colin.brough@blueyonder.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Folks<br>
<br><br>
I could try and find some hardware that OpenWRT runs on (or dd-WRT?),<br>
but there seems a dearth of supported 8 port kit... Would a 4 port<br>
router and a 4 port switch hanging off one of the router ports do it<br>
for me? How easy is OpenWRT or dd-WRT in practise (to install/setup<br>
and to maintain)?<br>
<br></blockquote><div> I am with Virgin Media and they gave me a Dlink Dir-615 router. The d-link firmware absolutely sucks</div><div> as it would not allow my server an outbound connection with its internal IP address so I switched to DD-WRT as it supports this router. Installation was easy, you download the appropriate file & version and installed via the web browser default firmware update. Full instructions from the DD-WRT web site.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index">http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The DD-WRT firmware is a dream to use, as it monitors bandwidth, users and a host of other things, and it also operates all my internal/external servers. I have a Dlink 8-port LAN connecting to one of my router ports which serves my main computer and servers, all my internal/external servers (vm's) use static LAN IP addresses, which is no problem, allowing the router to designate DHCP IP addresses to all the other devices (WAN) in the house, of which there are many. I will never go back to default router firmware as they are just diabolically useless. </div>
<div> </div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Gordon</div><a href="http://www.zubenel.org.uk" target="_blank">www.zubenel.org.uk</a></div></div>