[Lancaster] looking for a good wifi router

[Les Pounder]

Hi Jon

True there are no gigabit ports on my router, but then I don't have gigabit
NIC in my machines, so it's of no issue to me, but it would be wise for any
future purchasers to bear that in mind, future proof where you can ;)

Les

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:13 AM, 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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