Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a wireless G Broadband Router

[Aaron Clark]

Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> I have a linksys (Cisco) WRT54G, which works fine except for one
> point.
>
> I have been unable to find in the documentation how to tell its dhcp
> server that mac address X should get IP addr Y.  I am prepared to
> accept the deserved shame if someone tells me how to do this.
>
> Failing the above, I am seriously considering buying another router
> that has this capability.  It is frustrating not to know the IP
> address for machines on our home network (especially the NFS server).
>
> I would appreciate any recommendations.
> The device should have wired ethernet input (from our cable modem) and
> 4 wired ethernet outputs, plus wireless support, and a dhcp server.

Go install DD-WRT (http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/index.php) on it 
instead of the less featureful Linksys firmware.  Be sure to follow the 
docs the more recent revs of the wrt54g line have less ram and thus are 
harder to switch over to the open source firmwares.

Aaron


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