<div dir="ltr"><div>Going back to the original thread subject.<br><br>These are the routers that I researched, and what is available on the market for what I think is a reasonable budget ($100 or less). Of course, there are others.<br>
<br>All have Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless N, and USB. Some have more USB ports than others.<br><br>Flash memory size is important, the more the better, and some degree of future proofing, as OpenWRT gets bigger. Also RAM is important, since OpenWRT uses a portion of it as a filesystem. Also allows you to run applications. <br>
<br>D-Link DIR-835<br>=========<br></div><div>The one I have working at home now<br></div><div>Has 16MB flash, and 128 MB RAM and 1 x USB<br><br></div><div>Disadvantages: support is in snapshots, which is a moving target, so at times you may find packages missing.<br>
<br></div><div>$90 regular price, on sale now for $80<br></div><div><a href="http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/d-link-d-link-dual-band-wireless-n750-gigabit-router-dir-835-dir-835/10195576.aspx">http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/d-link-d-link-dual-band-wireless-n750-gigabit-router-dir-835-dir-835/10195576.aspx</a><br>
<br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-835">http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-835</a><br><br></div>TP-Link WDR-4300<br><div>===========<br>$70 <br>Has 8MB flash, and 128 MB RAM, 2 x USB<br><br>
The 2 USBs mean that you can have one hard disk attached and configure minidlna on it for your TV/tablet to stream, and the other USB can have flash storage for other neat things (which I will cover in the August presentation)<br>
<br>Less flash RAM than the first one, so may get tight in the future<br><br>Many hardware versions though. Some versions have support in the latest stable version (12.09)<br><br><a href="http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/tp-link-tp-link-n750-dual-band-wireless-gigabit-router-tl-wdr4300-tl-wdr4300/10219154.aspx">http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/tp-link-tp-link-n750-dual-band-wireless-gigabit-router-tl-wdr4300-tl-wdr4300/10219154.aspx</a><br>
<br><a href="http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300">http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300</a><br><br></div><div>TP-Link TL-WDR3600<br>============<br>$59 <br>Has 8MB flash, and 128 MB RAM, 2 x USB<br><br>
Again, the 2
USBs mean same as previous. <br><br>Less flash RAM than the first one, so may get tight in the future<br><br>All versions seem to have support in latest stable (12.09), which makes it predictable.<br><br><a href="http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/tp-link-tp-link-wireless-n600-dual-band-gigabit-router-tl-wdr3600-tl-wdr3600/10230126.aspx">http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/tp-link-tp-link-wireless-n600-dual-band-gigabit-router-tl-wdr3600-tl-wdr3600/10230126.aspx</a><br>
<br><a href="http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3600">http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3600</a><br><br></div><div>TP-Link TL-WR1043ND<br>=============<br></div><div>$52<br>Has 8MB flash, and 32 MB RAM, 1 x USB<br>
<br></div><div>Seems not a good price performance ratio, since for less than $10 more you get double the RAM.<br></div><div><br>Many hardware versions, with various support.<br><br><a href="http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/tp-link-tp-link-wireless-n-router-tl-wr1043nd-tl-wr1043nd/10157821.aspx">http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/tp-link-tp-link-wireless-n-router-tl-wr1043nd-tl-wr1043nd/10157821.aspx</a><br>
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