[Cialug] firewall / router recommendations

[David Bierce]

I wouldn't recomend the E2500 series.  The antenna is very directional parallel to the box.

I have an E2500, DD-Wrt works just fine, you just have to use the e2k build because there is a tiny, tiny amount of RAM in the thing and a slightly non standard wireless chipset.

I just have mine in bridge mode, but even doing that, I occasionally get OOM due to many connections.


On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:07 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> They pretty much all have wifi these days but they all can be turned off
> too. I have the Linksys E2500 which I'll recommend for a few reasons:
> 
> 1. Setup is easy
> 2. IPv6 out of the box is cake. Just sign up for a tunnel broker and you'll
> have IPv6 on your network in 15 min or less.
> 3. It has IPv6 firewall built in and easily configurable.
> 4. Fast. Handles many open streams and connections without problem. I've
> had cheaper routers that overheat and shut down when you push them.
> 5. Built in support for dynamic dns
> 
> Something you don't care about:
> 6. Good, affordable, dual band wfi
> 7. Easy guest network setup so that visitors can get on wifi without
> accessing your computers.
> 
> It does *not* work with dd-wrt though.
> 
> One thing I consider a down-side is that there is a limit to the number of
> portforwarding assignments you can handle. (about 20)
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:09 PM, <ng0g at mchsi.com> wrote:
> 
>> CIALUG,
>> 
>> I am thinking seriously of replacing my aging home Linksys
>> firewall/router, and looking for recommendations.  I don't need wireless as
>> I have shielded cat5 running everywhere, even out to my garage.  Although I
>> don't care if what ever I get has it as long as I can turn it off.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
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