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Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Hal Ashburner — 2013-05-25T02:49:33

All brilliant info. Thanks Scott!
The TL-WR703N looks pretty great! /me fights the urge to order more routers
;-)
Scratch dd-wrt from the list of firmwares one might like to try.

On 25 May 2013 11:06, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.clug-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Scott Ferguson — 2013-05-25T01:06:07


TP-Link are about the best value, bang for buck. Possibly the TL-WR703N,
which will do what you've specified and more (USB, Wireless, Bluetooth,
support for 3G USB Modems). Add a cheap USB2.0 hub, a small USB Flash
key, and you can build most anything. Lot's of well documented hardware
hacks for it. Under $30 shipped from China as a single unit.

Not supported by DebianWRT last time I checked, but well supported by
OpenWRT.


DDW-WRT is, um, somewhat contentious (and almost identical in pedigree,
behaviour, and leg action to a dog called Sveasoft). Some to the claims
which appear to be substantiated:-

DDWRT is *not* Open Source - despite the claims of "Brain Slayer (James
Ewing/Sebastian Gottschall)" it is based on Open Source kernel work and
breaches the license of the original developers. DD-WRT is built on
Sveasoft, which was built on OpenWRT.
DD-WRT (Sebastian) then stole (forked in breach of license) from the
Sveasoft Alchemy code (the web interface) - given that DDWRT claimed to
be GPL code, that wo

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Brett Worth — 2013-05-25T00:13:14

I bought the 7800N based on comments on Whirlpool.  It's been solid.


+1

Brett

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wireless router?

Owen — 2013-05-24T23:09:20






I am using a DLink DIR-615. It worked perfectly well when I was on
ipv6. Suspect it has been superceded by now

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Steve Kieu — 2013-05-24T22:39:49

I am using this TP-Link TL WR2543ND  with openwrt and totally happy about
it.




On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Ben Davies <bdcrux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Chris Smart — 2013-05-24T22:27:43

I'm running a "Netgear N600 dual band gigabit router premium edition",
model WNDR3800-100AUS.

Hardware must be revision 2 (check the serial ends in "a2"), not the
newer 3 (yet anyway).

This is one of the "open source" routers from Netgear and it can run
openwrt, tomato or dd-wrt:
http://www.myopenrouter.com/download/list?cat=65

There's an official Netgear dd-wrt version, but I run brainslayer's
which is more feature complete.

I think it cost ~$120 but I knew they were becoming rare so snapped one
up a few months ago.

Anyway I agree others that a router with some open firmware is better
than factory devices. Just make sure you note any specific hardware
revisions as components can be completely different in a newer release
of the same model.

Now where did I put my trusty WRT54G..

-c

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Adam Baxter — 2013-05-24T16:21:27

One of the *new* 7800N series from Billion should do, although you'll be
paying for the ADSL card that you won't use.
I've had extremely bad experiences with Netgear, so I can't recommend them.

http://au.billion.com/products/wireless/bipac7800nxl.html - listed as FTTH
ready
http://au.billion.com/products/voip/bipac7800vdpx.html - I have this one.
You really need the latest firmware for it but it's rock solid.

Both have gigabit "upstream" ports for your FTTH connection (jealous).

--Adam (why am I up at 2am?)


On 24 May 2013 23:49, Ben Davies <bdcrux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Hal Ashburner — 2013-05-24T16:21:11

In my experience every device that someone has been able to make work with
openwrt, debwrt, dd-wrt, tomato, oleg's firmware or all the others is a
vastly superior thing than it was when it had the manufacturers own variant.
My Asus routers are 4-5 years old now and still going strong. This one
below is running debwrt on an 8G usb stick.  It's a WL-500gP v2
It's serving up http://ashburner.info/lastsnap.jpg which I am reluctant and
embarrassed to post here (and it won't be up forever either) but meh, it's
a webserver I wrote in c++ on a mips router running linux. I actually built
the source natively on the router too. apt-get install gcc on your router
for epic win.
tcpdump, nmap & friends on your router can also be useful.

[hal< at >bridgewatch 2:09 ~ ] cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type : Broadcom BCM47XX
processor : 0
cpu model : Broadcom BCM3302 V0.6
BogoMIPS : 263.16
wait instruction : yes
microsecond timers : yes
tlb_entries : 32
extra interrupt vector : yes
hardware watchpoint : no
ASEs implemented :
shadow reg

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Andrew Steele — 2013-05-24T16:01:37

I'd also be interested in what's recommended.

To bring the discussion more on topic, :-) , one item I'd add to my "shopping list" of requirements is that it's capable of being reflashed with openwrt firmware.

That does beg a side question.  Are there any devices which have good hardware but who's firmware sucks that people have made a very good device using openwrt?

Fozzy
On 25/05/2013, at 1:35 AM, miloska wrote:

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Hal Ashburner — 2013-05-24T16:00:59

OpenWrt is cool, fab and groovy. I'd get one that can run it.
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start?s
I've had good times with the Asus routers on that list and they've covered
the requirements you've listed. (ipv6, reliable, serve media for the idiot
box, 2xUSB ports).
I like having software I've written on my router.
debwrt is also pretty savage, full debian on that? I say, "Yes please!"
http://www.debwrt.net


On 25 May 2013 01:35, miloska <miloska-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

miloska — 2013-05-24T15:35:23

I have good experience with MikroTik devices, but last time I checked (>1
year ago) the IPv6 support wasn't the best.

Same as above, YMMV


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Brendan Jurd <direvus-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: [clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wirelessrouter?

Brendan Jurd — 2013-05-24T14:59:01

These days I tend to go with TP-LINK stuff, but the usual "small
sample size" and "Your Mileage" cautions apply.

[clug] Off topic: recommendations for a reliable wireless router?

Ben Davies — 2013-05-24T13:49:15

Hi all,

I need to get a new wireless router as my current Netgear device is
starting to play up (connections are dropped & wireless performance is
terrible - negating having FTTH!).

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone has similar requirements & can
recommend something already in use. Roughly speaking, I'm looking for:
- something midrange for home use (mostly email, web browsing,
potentially a media server for the idiot box)
- support for 802.11n and IPV6
- USB ports (can get by with 1, 2 is probably more useful though)
- reliable! I'd rather not go shopping again 6-12 months down the track :-)

I'm probably goig to steer clear of Netgear - a number of reviews
listed recurring problems with dropouts/connection problems/devices
dying.

Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks,


Ben

Re: [clug] Small Devices

2013-05-24T00:19:30

If anyone is interested in the "CD Pi" enclosure, then I have put a fairly accurate template plus some 
construction notes at:

http://www.pcug.org.au/info/index.php/Raspberry_Pi

Another neat enclosure that I have seen for small boards is the discarded caddy from an obsolete 
removable IDE/SCSI HDD frame.

Re: [clug] May Canberra Linux Users Group meeting

Adam Baxter — 2013-05-23T11:32:29

Thanks all, that was a lot of fun.

[clug] Towel Day + Mouseover Day = Sat. 25 May [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Ellis, Peter MR — 2013-05-23T05:12:03

UNCLASSIFIED

Two reasons to be geeky this weekend......

Just a reminder that Saturday 25 May is, coincidentally this year:
A.Towel Day (quickly re-read The Hichhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and/or visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day); AND...
B.Mouseover Day (a "moveable feast", this is the Saturday following Geohashing Day that is 21 May, so is called "Geohashing Day (observed)" http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Geohashing_Day.) 

For extra points, the hitchhiker "is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc." (HHGTTG, Ch3)

;-)

Peter


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Re: [clug] May Canberra Linux Users Group meeting

jm — 2013-05-21T00:37:57

Now I'll have to show up.

Jeff.

On 21/05/13 8:55 AM, Owen wrote:

Re: [clug] May Canberra Linux Users Group meeting

Owen — 2013-05-20T22:55:47





Hi,

I'd like to bring along my Gertboard and give a quick rundown on that
as well as my wspr ( http://wsprnet.org/drupal/ ) experience with the
RPi

[clug] May Canberra Linux Users Group meeting

Steve Walsh — 2013-05-20T22:00:17

Canberra Linux Users Group Meeting - 23rd May 2013
==================================================

Date:23rd May 2013 (Fourth Thursday of the month)

Time:19:00 - 21:00 (or when it finishes)

Speaker:Paul Wayper

Abstract:
It's Raspberry Pi Day! 

Well, Pi Day only really works in the USA, so let's
ignore that and do something with the new craze in small
form factor computing: the Raspberry Pi. I'd like
everyone with a Raspberry Pi to bring it in and give us
a brief talk about how they use it. We'd all appreciate
a bit of detail about any challenges you've found in
using it and what you think has made it great for you. 

I'll also open that up to other small form factor boards
- Panda boards, Beagle boards and anything else.If it's
running off a less than a dozen watts, bring it along! 

Venue:Room N101
Computer Science and Information Technology Building
North Road
The Australian National University

See http://clug.org.au/ for more directions and a map

Food/

Re: [clug] BBC writes on camera on Raspberry Pi

Adam Baxter — 2013-05-20T08:59:46

them! :-)

Beagleboard, Dreamplug, 3x Zipit Z2s, Seagate Wireless Plus Hard Drive
(yes, actually an ARM box), Cubieboard, PogoPlug...

I think I may have a problem...

See you Thursday!

Re: [clug] 7" android tablet

Robert Edwards — 2013-05-19T12:21:58

But the real benchmark - how does it go with Angry Birds?

(just asking, as the 8yo is constantly playing this on my old Motorola
Xoom, that I occasionally need to use to do real stuff...).

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.