<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>My last 3 routers lasted for years without problems, after the first one, many many years ago, being unstable. <br><br></div>The first was a Zyxel with Wireless G. It did well, until I got a tablet that would cause the router to crash once it connects. <br>
<br>It was time to upgrade the router anyway, so I bought a new one (Netgear WNDR3400). That performed really well, apart from its lack of OpenWRT support.<br><br></div>The current router is DLink DIR-835, with OpenWRT. It is very stable, but the range for WiFi could be better upstairs.<br>
<br></div>Rogers provide me with modems that have WiFi in them. My current one is the second such one. I just disable the residential gateway feature, so the modem is just a modem. <br><div><div><br>I do have 2 switches for the wired stuff.<br>
<br></div><div>Let me know if you want to try out my Netgear or Zyxel.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Charles M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chaslinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">chaslinux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I was thinking of building a wired router (pfsense/untangle/smoothwall) and only using the wireless router as a wireless access point. Thinking I would ditch the two gigabit switches (plastic dlink ones) for a single 8 port one I saw at Canada Computers (TP-Link I think).<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra">Why not get an OpenWRT supported router instead?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">From a previous email, here is what was on the market a few months ago:<br>
<br>D-Link <span class="">DIR</span>-<span class="">835</span><br>=========<br><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" target="_blank">http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/d-link-d-link-dual-band-wireless-n750-gigabit-router-<span class="">dir</span>-<span class="">835</span>-<span class="">dir</span>-<span class="">835</span>/10195576.aspx</a><br>
<br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-835" target="_blank">http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/d-link/<span class="">dir</span>-<span class="">835</span></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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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><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" target="_blank">http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/tp-link-tp-link-wireless-n-router-tl-wr1043nd-tl-wr1043nd/10157821.aspx</a><br>
<br><a href="http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd" target="_blank">http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd</a><div class=""><div id=":4uq" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div>
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