Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support

[Todd Goodman]

* Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> [110530 16:40]:
> On 2011-05-28 8:42 PM, Gregory Shearman wrote:
> > In linux.gentoo.user, Todd Goodman wrote:
> >> * Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> [110528 12:43]:
> >>> Anyone? Will one of the FLOSS builds for the cheap Cable/DSL routers
> >>> support VLANs on the different built-in router ports (ie, Tomato, DD-WRT
> >>> or OpenWRT)?
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to any suggestions/ideas...
> >>
> >> Hi, I'm pretty sure OpenWRT supports VLANs.
> >>
> >> I started using it on a Buffalo WHR-G300N (I think, not at home to check
> >> right now.)  Cheap and I didn't expect much but it works great (far
> >> better than any Linksys or trendnet products I've purchased and run
> >> their firmware on.)
> >
> > I'll second that. I run a Buffalo Nfiniti WZR-HP-G300NH with openwrt
> > installed. It is VLAN capable and has Gigabyte ethernet and b/g/n wifi.
> > It also has a USB socket for extra disk storage if needed (or any other
> > peripheral you fancy).  It just sits in the corner and does its job. It
> > is also very cheap.
>
> Thanks for the reco guys... will probably go with it...
>
> Is the VLAN configurable via the GUI? Or is it commandline only? I'm not
> exactly a whiz with this stuff...
>
> Also, any pointers to OpenWRT docs that cover creating VLANs? I
> obviously want to make sure I do it right... I'd hate to *think* I was
> secure and then find out the hard way I goofed when setting it up... ;)

I'm not at home and haven't used VLANs on it but I'm pretty sure it
supports GUI config of VLANs.

I've found the GUI to be very well done once I got used to the navigation
(which was counterintuitive at first to me, but then so are some
commercial GUIs too.)

Todd