From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 18:37:58 2011 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 8BA641065676 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:37:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout025.mac.com (asmtpout025.mac.com [17.148.16.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D7568FC13 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:37:58 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp025.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LJC00GGFJQ7ZU10@asmtp025.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:37:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-04-08_07:2011-04-08, 2011-04-08, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1104080103 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:37:18 -0700 Message-id: <40A5C7D6-5D50-49C4-B970-69FE7363336B@mac.com> References: <60C3CE39-D3EC-488E-94E4-98191F1F6CAA@mac.com> To: "Bryan H." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-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: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:37:58 -0000 Hi-- On Apr 8, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Bryan H. wrote: > Ah, I was unaware that it had been discontinued, perhaps that's the > reason for the (relatively) low cost. ;-) Yes, although a new E2100L is much than $20 more than the refurb'ed 160NL. > As for dd-wrt, I personally find the extra features (like the built-in > OpenVPN client and the xbox-kaid) to be useful for my own personal > needs. Indeed, although having the option to use dd-wrt (or openwrt) is helpful if the vendor is slow to update their stock firmware in the case of a significant bug or security issue. > If the stock firmware fills your needs, then there's no reason you > would *have* to flash with a third-party firmware. Although, flashing > that particular model was, in my experience, about as obtrusive as it > would have been flashing the router with an updated firmware from the > manufacturer. Very easy to do. Agreed. I flashed mine with both the lasted vendor firmware and dd-wrt version to compare and saved a working config from each, but I'm currently running with the vendor's version for now. I have a FreeBSD box configured as the DMZ host which does dyndns updates and used to do OpenVPN. The first I'm still using, the second I don't need to, but if I did, I'd probably move to having the router do it with the dd-wrt firmware instead. Regards, -- -Chuck