[LUNI] Routers of all kinds

[Stefmit]

I would start by writing down ALL your requirements, first. While I agree with 
the WRT54GL, for example, and open-source images, having to do more with such 
a device (VoIP VLAN different than data VLAN, on the WiFi side, special level 
of keys (WPA@ ...) to work with: MacOSX, Linux, Widows, etc. or having to  
passoption 150 DHCP into another DHCP server, at the end of a site-to-site 
VPN, to register IP phones with a remote call manager - for example) may burn 
you, if you just assume that all such are equal.

Once you have your requirements defined, then visit the dd-wrt, openwrt or 
similar sites and see if they have the capability to match what you're trying 
to do (their forums are also great), then see their supported hardware. At 
that time you will also be able to find out that a specific model (e.g. 
Linksys WRT54G) is not enough to qualify or disqualify a specific router, but 
rather their version of code (v1, 2, ... 9, etc.). Then you could start 
looking for online (or brick-and-mortar) stores carrying EXACTLY what you 
need.

HTH,
Stefan

On Thursday 10 January 2008 09:26:47 Branko Kotur wrote:
> I'm currently using a WRT54GL at home (with the DD-WRT firmware) and have
> bought this model for many people.  However, do not get the WRT54G model
> (notice there's no L at the end of the model name).  This one uses less RAM
> and another OS.  The main reason I say not to get it is because I've seen
> this model fail left and right.  It seems to be a hardware failure of some
> kind since they always end up in an endless reboot or just plain don't work
> anymore.  I've yet to see a WRT54GL fail on me.
>
> I know that there are other routers (by Netgear, Buffallo, etc) based on
> the WRT firmware, but I don't know which models they are, nor do I have any
> experience with them.
>
> On Thursday 10 January 2008 8:52:41 am Michael Labowicz wrote:
> > My linksys wrt54gl has served me well.  Best of all, it's upgradeable to
> > an "open" firmware such as openwrt (http://openwrt.org/)
> >
> > On Jan 10, 2008 2:05 AM, James Velguth <Penguin at waxmoustache.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >    I am in the market for a router.  I was looking at NewEgg.com and
> > > there are 4 brands that stick out in their list of routers.  They are
> > > LinkSys,  D-Link, TRENDnet and ASUS.  Could some of you tell me of your
> > > experiences with any or all of these, plus computability with Linux,
> > > availability of drivers, firmware(manufacturers and third party) etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > James
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