Hi Cefn, long time no see.<div><br></div><div>What gear are you after for shrimping, while I don't have any laptops, I do have a few desktops that might be of use? And I can probably scroung some other bits of kit from my box o' crap ;)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Les</div><div>Blackpool LUG<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Cefn Hoile <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lancaster_lug.org.uk@cefn.com" target="_blank">lancaster_lug.org.uk@cefn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Mp, if Andy doesn't take you up on the offer, then I'll definitely do so. <div><br></div><div>I was just about to buy the Linksys recommended by Les to give us wireless access and routable ethernet for the studio laptops and experimental machines at the Shrimping Workshops, but if there's a hackable AND free one, even better.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm hoping it will be possible to configure routing rules which allows it to negotiate an uplink via Ethernet and DHCP and then serve it out via NATed wireless. Any suggestions for how to do this on any device without absolute IPtables hell are welcome (for example regular ethernet hubs and wireless access points have an toggleable uplink button, but modem devices seem to assume they are negotiating the DSL, so they don't seem to have this easy-config uplink behaviour).</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Cefn</div><div><a href="http://cefn.com" target="_blank">http://cefn.com</a><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 June 2012 11:55, mp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mp@aktivix.org" target="_blank">mp@aktivix.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Andy,<br>
<br>
I have this, which you can have and flash to bits:<br>
<a href="http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=567" target="_blank">http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=567</a><br>
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On 25/06/12 11:20, Pepe Palau wrote:<br>
> I have been using a Linksys e2000 running dd-wrt for a year and I am very<br>
> happy so far:<br>
> root@DD-WRT:~# uptime<br>
> 19:38:35 up 185 days, 5:57, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00<br>
><br>
> I think e2000 is the same than e1000 plus gigabit, and e3000 is also the<br>
> same plus USB connection.<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Jonathan Archer <<a href="mailto:jon@rosslug.org.uk" target="_blank">jon@rosslug.org.uk</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
</div>>> **<br>
<div><div>>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> Yes it does look a decent unit and for the price its an absolute steal..<br>
>><br>
>> My only grumble would be the fact the physical ports are only 100mb, their<br>
>> current gigabit models don't seem to be supported by dd-wrt yet (i'm sure<br>
>> they will work though).<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Jon<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 10:45 +0100, Les Pounder wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Jon, Lancaster<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Here is my wifi router<br>
>> <a href="http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?categoryid=238&model=TL-WR841N" target="_blank">http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?categoryid=238&model=TL-WR841N</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Great machine, works really well.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Les<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Jonathan Archer <<a href="mailto:jon@rosslug.org.uk" target="_blank">jon@rosslug.org.uk</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I'm currently using the Cisco Linksys e1000 which is OK.<br>
>><br>
>> Have it running DD-WRT, as Les just mentioned but find it slightly<br>
>> underpowered.<br>
>><br>
>> So on this basis If you wanted to go down the Linksys route I'd suggest<br>
>> the e2000, e3000 or e4000<br>
>><br>
>> Les: what specs does your TP-Link hold? is it wireless N?<br>
>><br>
>> Jon<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 10:27 +0100, Les Pounder wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Andy<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I use a TP-Link router, it is a great device, and it supports DD-WRT (even<br>
>> the manufacturer states this feature).<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Take a look on their site <a href="http://uk.tp-link.com/products/?categoryid=201" target="_blank">http://uk.tp-link.com/products/?categoryid=201</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Good luck.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Les Pounder<br>
>> Blackpool LUG<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:16 AM, andy baxter <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:andy@earthsong.free-online.co.uk" target="_blank">andy@earthsong.free-online.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> I'm looking for a good wifi router with a decent control panel (e.g. for<br>
>> setting up custom firewall and port forwarding rules), a few ethernet<br>
>> ports, and ideally the ability to flash custom firmware if I ever decide to<br>
>> do so. Long range would be nice but not essential. My current router is a<br>
>> cheapo netgear one from Orange, and it's becoming unusable (for some reason<br>
>> it keeps disconnecting when I work on a remote server from home over ssh).<br>
>><br>
>> Can anyone suggest a suitable device?<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> andy<br>
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