Routers

[Wedge]

Are there any of them that don't suck?  Is it easier to use a computer with some magical linux software, two NICs and a hub?  Right now I have a shitty Netgear wireless/wired router that randomly times out loading pages, a shitty wired Lynksys router that loses track of it's DHCP assignments and drops connections randomly, and an 8 port hub that I used to run ICS through my computer onto, but stopped because I didn't want my computer on all the time, and couldn't get it to work when I tried again. 

I really don't know how to setup a home network properly and I get tired of rewiring all my crap every couple months.

[Vongore]

can't tell you about one that doesn't suck.. but if you ever see a Zyxel, run and don't ever go back

[commish]

I don't get it either, for 9 years I use a Dlink-604 with no problems, but the firmware has been around since 2002, and now for some reason decided to die. I was no loner able to connect to the wizard. I upgraded to the ebr-2310 and right now I get these fucking occasional time outs too, I feel as if it's the ISP throttling my ass. Plus Wireless sucks big fat cock, and that's all they are pushing these days...

[at0m]

I've never had good luck with any D-Link router I've used. Linksys stuff is solid, but usually about $10 more than D-link and $20 more than Xyxel or Buffalo or any other crazyass taiwanese brand. I <3 my WRT54GL though, especially running DD-WRT (linux on a linksys router). I might have a spare I can sell you on the cheap, but usually they run $40ish bucks. If you want to put linux on it make sure its the GL, and not the GS.

[zaneyard]

I've never had good luck with any D-Link router I've used. Linksys stuff is solid, but usually about $10 more than D-link and $20 more than Xyxel or Buffalo or any other crazyass taiwanese brand. I <3 my WRT54GL though, especially running DD-WRT (linux on a linksys router). I might have a spare I can sell you on the cheap, but usually they run $40ish bucks. If you want to put linux on it make sure its the GL, and not the GS.

this = win

[ainmosni]

I've never had good luck with any D-Link router I've used. Linksys stuff is solid, but usually about $10 more than D-link and $20 more than Xyxel or Buffalo or any other crazyass taiwanese brand. I <3 my WRT54GL though, especially running DD-WRT (linux on a linksys router). I might have a spare I can sell you on the cheap, but usually they run $40ish bucks. If you want to put linux on it make sure its the GL, and not the GS.

The wrt54gl is nice... If you're technical enough you can build your own with a small motherboard (ARM would do nicely but a mini-ITX or something is fine as well) and a BSD install. I've had both of the previous setups myself and they were quite good, the linksys stuff is nice for consumer level and the do-it-yourself router has no equal in flexibility. I got rid of my do-it-yourself when it finally gave the ghost after > 12 years. (RIP) I have this now and I love it, stable, configurable and configurable using the IOS command line. (Never liked the SDM GUI myself)

Edit: replace that hub with a cheap switch. Time to enter the 90s...

[Surf314]

[quote author=at0m link=topic=3807.msg120570#msg120570 date=1257059871]
I've never had good luck with any D-Link router I've used. Linksys stuff is solid, but usually about $10 more than D-link and $20 more than Xyxel or Buffalo or any other crazyass taiwanese brand. I <3 my WRT54GL though, especially running DD-WRT (linux on a linksys router). I might have a spare I can sell you on the cheap, but usually they run $40ish bucks. If you want to put linux on it make sure its the GL, and not the GS.

this = win
[/quote]
Same linksys with DD-WRT with any WRT modem.

[Ertai]

I've never had good luck with any D-Link router I've used. Linksys stuff is solid, but usually about $10 more than D-link and $20 more than Xyxel or Buffalo or any other crazyass taiwanese brand. I <3 my WRT54GL though, especially running DD-WRT (linux on a linksys router). I might have a spare I can sell you on the cheap, but usually they run $40ish bucks. If you want to put linux on it make sure its the GL, and not the GS.

Linksys is crap, quite a few linksys networking items ive had have bit the dust, especially aps and modems.  I've had 2 D link wireless routers and both worked very well.

[CaffeinePowered]

[Versus]

your name is not angry

[at0m]

[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=3807.msg121132#msg121132 date=1257360288]

your name is not angry
[/quote]and you don't play TR.

ITS A TRAP.

[HeK]

I have been using Smoothwall for the past ten years with great success. I have since moved to PFSense and absolutely love it.

http://www.smoothwall.org/
http://www.pfsense.com/


Both are pretty easy to configure if you have a bit of PC background, and neither require any linux/unix knowledge.

[ainmosni]

I have been using Smoothwall for the past ten years with great success. I have since moved to PFSense and absolutely love it.

http://www.smoothwall.org/
http://www.pfsense.com/


Both are pretty easy to configure if you have a bit of PC background, and neither require any linux/unix knowledge.

pf is a pretty awesome firewall... I've never used pfsense before but as pfsense is just a web interface to OpenBSD's pf, I bet it's great.

[HeK]

[quote author=HeK link=topic=3807.msg121565#msg121565 date=1257619133]
I have been using Smoothwall for the past ten years with great success. I have since moved to PFSense and absolutely love it.

http://www.smoothwall.org/
http://www.pfsense.com/


Both are pretty easy to configure if you have a bit of PC background, and neither require any linux/unix knowledge.

pf is a pretty awesome firewall... I've never used pfsense before but as pfsense is just a web interface to OpenBSD's pf, I bet it's great.
[/quote]

Not so simple, while pfSense does use pf (pfSense is a fork of m0n0wall) it contains about a thousand other applications..

Check it: http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=...&Itemid=43

[ainmosni]

[quote author=ainmosni link=topic=3807.msg122062#msg122062 date=1257950831]
[quote author=HeK link=topic=3807.msg121565#msg121565 date=1257619133]
I have been using Smoothwall for the past ten years with great success. I have since moved to PFSense and absolutely love it.

http://www.smoothwall.org/
http://www.pfsense.com/


Both are pretty easy to configure if you have a bit of PC background, and neither require any linux/unix knowledge.

pf is a pretty awesome firewall... I've never used pfsense before but as pfsense is just a web interface to OpenBSD's pf, I bet it's great.
[/quote]

Not so simple, while pfSense does use pf (pfSense is a fork of m0n0wall) it contains about a thousand other applications..

Check it: http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=...&Itemid=43
[/quote]

Actually, most of that functionality is built into OpenBSD (and in other BSD's). I think the only stuff they really had to add was the graphing stuff.

[Wedge]

Probably gonna try to get some cheapo old computer off CL.  Only thing I'm worried about, is that means I'll need to add in a cheap PCI NIC to anything I get, does this stuff have generic NIC drivers that handle all that stuff fine?  Oh wait, pfsense only supports static IPs (from the ISP).  Oh wait, seems like smoothwall supports DHCP.  So I guess it should work OK?

[HeK]

pfSense does DHCP, I am using it right now. It also support PPPoE, and pretty much everything else you can throw at it. I would try that route before going to Smoothwall. The pfSense community is far, far better for providing support. The Smoothwall guys are... jerks.

As for drivers, I know it supports most major nic chipsets, and have personally never had with any oddball nic I have come across. I will be playing with a DLink gigabit adepter in a few days, we'll see how it goes.

[Wedge]

OK just got the computer today (PIV 1.8, 512 RAM, overkill but it was cheap at Free Geek and one of those cool old black IBM cases) and after some poking it seems like it's working pretty gewd.  I'm not sure if there's anything special I'll have to do to get the wireless router to run off the hub (thankfully only for wireless now), it just magically worked last time even though I don't think it was supposed too...

[HeK]

For the wireless, just turn off DHCP and connect a lan port to your switch with a cross-over cable.

Also, when you say hub, do you mean switch? Cause if it's actually a hub, you really should upgrade that.

[at0m]

I would be greatly amused if a 10BaseT hub turned out to be the source of Wedge's connectivity problems.