Gonna buy a router

**WakkiTabakki** · July 8th, 2007

Stay clear of Netgear in general!
I've had a few and they all regularly just chokes up and need restarts. Now I've got a WGT624v3 and whenenver I connect my Linux and windows comps over wireless at the same time it's only a question of time before the wireless just shuts down and won't accept connections w/o restart. Especially if there're torrent proggies running on either of the comps...

I've tried a fair share of D-links as well and my theory is that of Janet and Michael Jackson. Same crap, different makeup...

Just my 2€-cents...
Cheers
N

**Alpha_toxic** · July 8th, 2007

http://ipcop.org/
http://www.freesco.org/

get an old box with nice lan cards and put some of these on it

freesco runs entirely from a floppy and you don't even need a CD amd HDD...
ipcop is bigger, installs from CD on a HDD, but is extremely easy to set up and has a very nice and full web interface (just like a "normal" router)

**afljafa** · July 8th, 2007

Originally Posted by Gargamella

After burning another router because of unstable power, I bought a D link and I have to say...

It really sucks, so I reccomend you not to buy that

Ha - Thats pretty funny.

**afljafa** · July 8th, 2007

Originally Posted by Alpha_toxic

http://ipcop.org/
http://www.freesco.org/

get an old box with nice lan cards and put some of these on it

freesco runs entirely from a floppy and you don't even need a CD amd HDD...
ipcop is bigger, installs from CD on a HDD, but is extremely easy to set up and has a very nice and full web interface (just like a "normal" router)

Used to be a great option - nowadays it`s a waste of time. Why would you bother when you can buy a small compact device that will do switching and wireless as well with no moving parts and low power consumption.

**mips** · July 8th, 2007

Originally Posted by afljafa

Why would you bother when you can buy a small compact device that will do switching and wireless as well with no moving parts and low power consumption.

Reliability ? More security ? More features ?

Somewhere in the future I'm gonna build myself a box with http://www.routerboard.com/ products.

**afljafa** · July 8th, 2007

Originally Posted by mips

Reliability ? More security ? More features ?

Somewhere in the future I'm gonna build myself a box with http://www.routerboard.com/ products.

Doubtful - Most people chuck the software on dodgy second hand boxes with inefficient power supplies - Hardly reliable. Features wise they tend to be quite simplistic by comparison to some of the better routers out there.

The Mikrotik software shits all over IPCOP - Monowall etc but the routerboards are so under powered its hardly worth it. Goes much better on a something like a Via mini-itx motherboard.

**mips** · July 8th, 2007

Originally Posted by afljafa

Doubtful - Most people chuck the software on dodgy second hand boxes with inefficient power supplies - Hardly reliable. Features wise they tend to be quite simplistic by comparison to some of the better routers out there.

If they use dodgy boxes then it is their problem.

Originally Posted by afljafa

The Mikrotik software shits all over IPCOP - Monowall etc but the routerboards are so under powered its hardly worth it. Goes much better on a something like a Via mini-itx motherboard.

I don't see the routerboard products as lacking power when compared to off the shelf stuff, just compare cpu & ram etc. The Via mini-itx would do a great job but at a price and you will need a pci riser card for expansion of eth ports etc.

**Rhubarb** · July 8th, 2007

I've got a routerboard running here at home, it's quite good.
I've loaded up dd-wrt on a flash card, everything seems to work perfectly.
Had I of spent a bit more, I would've got a VIA eden.

**afljafa** · July 8th, 2007

Originally Posted by mips

If they use dodgy boxes then it is their problem.

I don't see the routerboard products as lacking power when compared to off the shelf stuff, just compare cpu & ram etc. The Via mini-itx would do a great job but at a price and you will need a pci riser card for expansion of eth ports etc.

Just check the forums - alot of people wont use the stuff because it simply doesn`t perform particulary well - especialy when it comes to the wireless side of things. Simple routing is fine - but encryption (pptp - ipsec etc cant really be done). Plus - by the time you put it in a box and buy a power supply and perhaps a wireless card something like a Zywall would be much better value and will give you more options like virus scanning and IDS if you want to go that far.