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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:59:05 -0400 |
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Aaron Clark <ophidian@×××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> It sounds like what you really want to get is a Linksys WRT54GL[1] |
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> that you can then flash with something like dd-wrt[2] or OpenWRT[3]. |
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> Aaron |
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Sure, you could do that, but then you have less flexibility later. I |
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love being able to add network interfaces and such to my router. I |
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dont' have to mess with flashing or such, and I can run gentoo on it |
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and upgrade til my little heart's content. |
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Most people go for this option, but there's definitely something good |
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to be said about the flexibility (and power!) of using a home-built |
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router from a second hand desktop. |
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I have heard that home-built optimized linux routers are known to be |
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faster, as well, but I certainly can't validate or invalidate that |
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opinion. I do know that I wouldn't trade my neat old router for all |
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the WRT54GL's in the world. |
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