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Ask Slashdot: Best Flash-Friendly Router To Replace Aging WRT54GS?

Posted by timothy on from the when-you-want-to-control-the-vertical-and-horizontal dept.

New submitter Juggler00 writes "I have been running DD-WRT (v24-sp2) on my Linksys WRT54GS for a couple of years now. I'm now finding that the box cannot keep up with the requests/requirements I have for it--it simply does not have the MIPS/horsepower. I am turning to the collective wisdom of the Slashdot community for 2 things: what alternative firmware should I be using (DD-WRT, Tomato, OpenWRT, or something else?) and based on the answer to this question, what is the suggested router to purchase to flash? My software requirements include DynDNS client, DHCP server providing option 66, static IP assignment based on MAC, port forwarding, and basic QoS (bittorrent lowest priority). For hardware, I'm looking for GigE ports and 802.11N (5.8GHz not a requirement)."

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  1. Jedi? by mx+b · · Score: 3, Funny

    DHCP server providing option 66

    What did the Jedi ever do to your DHCP server? That seems a bit harsh.

    1. Re:Jedi? by laurelraven · · Score: 1, Funny

      Haven't you heard of Google? Of IMDB?

      I must say that I find it slightly creepy the fact that Google and IMDB knows the name of that 10 year-old actor. ;)

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  2. Re:How many threads like this? by JBMcB · · Score: 4, Funny

    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo //off-topic, but relevant

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  3. Flash by Dan+East · · Score: 4, Funny

    What did the Jedi ever do to your DHCP server? That seems a bit harsh.

    Furthermore, everyone knows Flash is on the way out. I'd skip the Flash-Friendly routers and go straight to an HTML5-Friendly router.

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