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Date:      Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:44:12 +0000
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        Corey Chandler <lists@sequestered.net>
Cc:        Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com>, Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wireless router?
Message-ID:  <20081227194412.780b750b@gluon>
In-Reply-To: <495681BC.9050708@sequestered.net>
References:  <560f92640812221349y683a7cbhce8ae0f22a8bedf0@mail.gmail.com> <4950245D.5090006@telia.com> <49502764.10405@sequestered.net> <200812271008.34277.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <495681BC.9050708@sequestered.net>

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On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:27:56 -0800
Corey Chandler <lists@sequestered.net> wrote:

> Mel wrote:
> > On Monday 22 December 2008 14:48:52 Corey Chandler wrote:
> >   
> >> Failing that, the
> >> Linksys WRT54GL isn't a half bad unit.
> >>     
> >
> > Yes it is a half bad unit. 
> 
> Absolutely-- if you're running out of the box firmware.  I use DD-WRT
> or Tomato specifically to get around the issues you describe.  The
> reason I go for the GL is that it's a more robust platform than their
> standard wrt-54g, which for some ungodly reason they started
> stripping flash and processing power out of after their switch to
> VxWorks.

Probably because they realised they could get away with less memory and
a slower CPU because code runs more efficiently on VxWorks vs. Linux
on the same hardware.  Of course it also provides fewer features than
Linux, so I'd prefer a Linux-based router over VxWorks.

-- 
Bruce Cran



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