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On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 09:50 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Stroller |
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> <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > On 19/4/2011, at 4:31am, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> >> ... |
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> >> So, cutting to the chase; can anyone recommend from actual use, a home |
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> >> lan router that has gigabit lan ports and very configurable/ |
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> >> informative logging options? |
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> >> |
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> >> ps - I'm not interested in running an old linux or openbsd, machine as |
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> >> router. Having a silent cool router the size and weight of a medium |
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> >> book is too appealing. |
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> > |
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> > Consider OpenWRT. You can run it on something like the Netgear WNR2000, the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, or something even cheaper if you don't need wifi. |
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> I have WZR-HP-G300NH (running DD-WRT), if you don't plan on using wifi |
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> it would be great. The wifi is really unstable and I couldn't |
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> recommend this device if you're a heavy wifi user, but the wired |
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> portion works great, the device itself is by far the fastest I've ever |
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> owned, and it has a USB port so you can attach external storage in |
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> case you want to use it as a server, too. |
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> If your wifi users are limited to web browsing/email it would probably |
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> be okay for that, but if you do anything with persistent open |
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> connections (ssh, gaming, streaming movies) then you'll quickly pull |
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> your hair out in frustration at the constant wifi stalls and |
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> disconnects. |
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> The good news about the bad wifi is that the constant negative reviews |
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> and dissatisfied customers have forced the price down really low, I |
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> got mine for about $50. :) |
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I have this device and am using Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/07/10) std |
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- its been totally stable since I dumped the buffalo firmware. My son |
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plays windoze online games and I often move large files around as well |
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as stream mythtv across it - no problems at all. Until I started |
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powering the systems down at night (power charges went up :) it would |
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stay up for over a month at a time and it was never a crash as to why it |
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was restarted - usually power, or reconfiguration. |
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