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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