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Mick wrote: |
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> On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 23:14:32 GMT Dale wrote: |
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> May be worth buying something which is (currently) supported by OpenWRT. |
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> Their website and wiki make various hardware recommendations. |
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> https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_864 |
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> There are also a number of Linux firewall projects if you want to repurpose an |
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> old PC with more than one NIC and use that as a firewall/router. |
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I went to Newegg. Hey, I buy stuff there sometimes. Anyway, I've |
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looked at several routers and none of them mention IPv6 that I can |
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find. I even skimmed the reviews and can't find a mention of it. Is |
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there some secret way to know when IPv6 is supported? Is it called |
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something else maybe? |
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I went to your link for Openwrt. I found Linksys E2500 in the list. |
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When I go search for one, ebay etc, I then find E2500-NP with N600 also |
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mentioned. Some even say E2500 and E2500-NP in the same description. I |
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think the N600 has something to do with the wireless stuff. If I want |
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to use Openwrt, does the -NP make any difference? The link doesn't |
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mention the -NP version. The N600 affect anything? I'm trying to get a |
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dual band version since my current cell phone supports both I think but |
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if I get a new cell phone, it may want the other band, N I think it is |
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called. :/ |
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One thing I like about the old blue thing. It has quite a few LEDs on |
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the front. It's easy for me to see when data is moving even from across |
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the room. The newer black ones have lights but only on the back from |
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what I can see. I'm going to miss those LEDs. :-( |
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So far, I like the E2500 and found a couple at a good price, on ebay but |
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I think they are new. Also want to research the wireless range. I |
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ended up having to move my printer closer to the router, in the kitchen |
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on top of the microwave at the moment. The signal just wouldn't make it |
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to the far room all the time. I saw one, Openwrt doesn't support it, |
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that can go several hundred feet. I haven't looked at the E2500, yet. |
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Oh, for anyone else wanting to know of their Linksys router supports |
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IPv6. On the menu, select Setup, then look for IPv6 Setup between Basic |
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Setup and DDNS in the lower tabs. If it doesn't show up there, it |
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doesn't support IPv6. I ran up on that somewhere. Maybe that will help |
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someone else who knows as little as I do about this thing. LOL |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |