[Lancaster] looking for a good wifi router

mp mp at aktivix.org
Mon Jun 25 10:54:02 UTC 2012


Andy,

I have this, which you can have and flash to bits:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=567

On 25/06/12 11:20, Pepe Palau wrote:
> I have been using a Linksys e2000 running dd-wrt for a year and I am very
> happy so far:
> root at DD-WRT:~# uptime
>  19:38:35 up 185 days,  5:57, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> 
> I think e2000 is the same than e1000 plus gigabit, and e3000 is also the
> same plus USB connection.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Jonathan Archer <jon at rosslug.org.uk>wrote:
> 
>> **
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yes it does look a decent unit and for the price its an absolute steal..
>>
>> My only grumble would be the fact the physical ports are only 100mb, their
>> current gigabit models don't seem to be supported by dd-wrt yet (i'm sure
>> they will work though).
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 10:45 +0100, Les Pounder wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jon, Lancaster
>>
>>
>>
>>  Here is my wifi router
>> http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?categoryid=238&model=TL-WR841N
>>
>>
>>
>>  Great machine, works really well.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Les
>>
>>
>>  On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Jonathan Archer <jon at rosslug.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  I'm currently using the Cisco Linksys e1000 which is OK.
>>
>> Have it running DD-WRT, as Les just mentioned but find it slightly
>> underpowered.
>>
>> So on this basis If you wanted to go down the Linksys route I'd suggest
>> the e2000, e3000 or e4000
>>
>> Les: what specs does your TP-Link hold? is it wireless N?
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 10:27 +0100, Les Pounder wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andy
>>
>>
>> I use a TP-Link router, it is a great device, and it supports DD-WRT (even
>> the manufacturer states this feature).
>>
>>
>> Take a look on their site http://uk.tp-link.com/products/?categoryid=201
>>
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>>
>> Les Pounder
>> Blackpool LUG
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:16 AM, andy baxter <
>> andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking for a good wifi router with a decent control panel (e.g. for
>> setting up custom firewall and port forwarding rules), a few ethernet
>> ports, and ideally the ability to flash custom firmware if I ever decide to
>> do so. Long range would be nice but not essential. My current router is a
>> cheapo netgear one from Orange, and it's becoming unusable (for some reason
>> it keeps disconnecting when I work on a remote server from home over ssh).
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a suitable device?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> andy
>>
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