Bestest Router ?

[jrubins]

What's good, PIAF folk?!
I'm thinking about updating my venerable old linksys wrt54g.
I'm curious what the best router is for the $$.
Should I get something new or just put new DDWRT firmware on the old router?

The only other router I've had good success with is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DIR-65...8?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266247797&sr=1-8
Which I used for a SOHO customer. Just wondered if anything better has come along in the past 2 years.

 

[cosmicwombat]

I like stuff from these guys:

http://www.intertex.se/

 

[blanchae]

Unfortunately, the tomato firmware is only available for ver 5.0 and earlier from what I've read. I have version 6. WRT54 and have been playing around with dd-wrt. I'm trying to use the 4 port switch in a multi-vlan environment with QoS. Just have to find the time...

 

[kenn10]

You can buy the WRT54GL. It is expressly designed for the loading of custom firmware. They are readily available.

Check this out:

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broadband-Compatible/dp/B000BTL0OA

 

[jmullinix]

I really like PFSense. Take an old P-III machine, make sure it has 128 Meg of RAM and two network cards. 10 minutes later you have a cool firewall/router.

 

[dswartz]

agreed!

I really like PFSense. Take an old P-III machine, make sure it has 128 Meg of RAM and two network cards. 10 minutes later you have a cool firewall/router.

The traffic shaper is pretty good with piaf sitting behind it too.

 

[tm1000]

I really like PFSense. Take an old P-III machine, make sure it has 128 Meg of RAM and two network cards. 10 minutes later you have a cool firewall/router.

Second (third now) this. I did some heavy researching and found a few posts from John about pfsense. I've been using it ever since and it's quite amazing. Especially in setting up VPN WAN Links between two different sites over OpenVPN.

 

[dswartz]

fyi

anyone interested in doing anything at all using pfsense, they have actively used forums at pfsense.org. i hang there regularly.