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Open Source Router To Replace WRT54GL?
jeremyz writes "With the inclusion of 802.11n in more and more Wi-Fi devices, the WRT54GL is losing its usefulness, even though it's still the de-facto standard for open source, Linux-running wireless routers. I've been looking around for a 802.11n router to replace the WRT54GL, but haven't really found anything besides the Netgear's WNR3500L. At first look, the WNR3500L looked great, but after some further investigation, I found that Netgear hasn't released all of the source, as they should have to comply with the GPL. Are there any good 802.11n routers to replace my aging WRT54GL?"
PC Engines' ALIX routers are my favorite: http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm
(no I don't work for them, I'm not even from Europe)
They have all kind of configuration options, removable storage, lots of case options, they're reliable and they're pretty fast. They run a few distros, including OpenWRT, so you can choose what your favorite Linux or BSD router distro is and have at it.
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
You realize it's a router, not a switch, right? This is going to be hooking up to your ISP... which probably isn't anywhere near fast ethernet, let alone gigabit. If you want gigabit, hook it up to a gigabit switch. If your network edge is gigabit, get real networking hardware because nothing netgear (or PC Engines) sells is going to handle that extremely well.
As far as wifi, it's mini-pci, so you can choose whatever hardware you want. Want a really nice high watt atheros N card? You can use it and you can easily use any antenna you want as well.
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
Where can you get a gig-e connection at home?
Seriously, that's total bullshit. I don't think I've heard of a consumer connection that does over 100mbps let alone 1000mbps. Hell, even the new VDSL2+ that was reported a few days ago maxed out at around 250mbps.
If you're going to make claims like this, at least have the sense to back it up.
It's news to me too, but that 250 Mbps you're talking about indeed does require gigabit ethernet.
Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion. -Francis Bacon
Any chance that any of these support tomato? Can't use dd-wrtafter running tomato.
Gone!
Yes 'openwrt' which mocks new users and slams any questions with RTFM yet there is no manual and other obnoxious crap. Also their 'product' is as immature as they are with many user reports of bricked routers which the 'developers' h00t and h0ller and mock the user about.
I'd go on a Vegan diet but the delivery time from Vega is too long. --brownkitty
what? someone complains that the docs are bad so it's their responsibility to fix it? hey, i can see that the docs are bad, and i have NO idea what they should say - should I fix it? would you want me to fix it? NO. the GGP's complaint is valid.
hey, i can see that the docs are bad, and i have NO idea what they should say - should I fix it? would you want me to fix it?
That's how wikis work.
I hope that is not how wikis work. I hope that wiki articles are written by those who actually know something on a subject - not by those in search of knowledge on a subject.
But perhaps this is open source documentation in a nutshell. If we all create what we need ourselves and share it with the world, documentation will be created by those who don't know how the software works - otherwise they would not need the documentation.