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Ask Slashdot: Life Beyond the WRT54G Series?

Posted by timothy on from the blue-pill-that-stacks-neatly dept.

First time accepted submitter jarmund (2752233) writes "I first got a WRT54GL in 2007. Now, 7 years later, it's still churning along, despite only having one of its antennae left after an encounter with a toddler. As it is simply not up to date to today's standards (802.11N for example), what is a worthy successor? I enjoyed the freedom to choose the firmware myself (I've run Tomato on it since 2008), in addition to its robustness. A replacement will be considered second-rate unless it catered for the same freedom as its predecessor." Is there a canonical best household router nowadays?

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  1. +1 for this Post by haknick · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Been looking for another router for almost a year now, and still haven't been convinced of a better one than my WRT54GL

  2. Re:Option: Linksys WRT1900ac by sinij · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it lasts for 7+ years like WRT54GL, cost of ownership wouldn't be that high, just upfront costs.

  3. Re: The canonical best household router is by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you use a PC as a router though you can do far more with that spare power though, It can also be your DNS server, your home VPN server, SSH, server, Radius server, firewall, tor access point, FTP server, OpenID Server, ...
    That extra power gives a lot of flexibility.

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    ---Saying gnome 3 is better than windows 8 not so much a compliment as it is damning with light praise.