From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 19:44:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA2561065670 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:44:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (brucec-1-pt.tunnel.tserv4.nyc4.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f06:c09::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C538FC17 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:44:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B1D2192D1; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:44:18 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on muon X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from gluon (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:240:f4ff:fe57:9871]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:44:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:44:12 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Corey Chandler 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Nerius Landys , Mel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless router? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:44:20 -0000 On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:27:56 -0800 Corey Chandler 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