[CVALE] Router Recommendation
Jason Roysdon
jason.cvale-list.20050503 at roysdon.net
Tue Jul 14 13:55:54 PDT 2009
I have the WHR-HP-G54 as my external gateway running DD-WRT and love it.
If you run the latest firmware (which you can easily upgrade to once
you get it), you'll be very happy with it.
I run a one-off version (not the latest) so it can terminate my IPv6
tunnel at home, as the latest DD-WRT doesn't support IPv6 unless you do
a bunch of custom work (and then it won't fit on the smaller flash). It
works great for this and I don't have to have a PC on to keep the tunnel up.
The only thing I wish these little routers had were more flash and
memory (4mb flash and 16mb dram? com'on, that's like what Cisco was
shipping in soho routers 10 years ago). They do have beefier models
that have more, but I'm cheap and want to stick to the <$50 range.
I've a second DD-WRT downstairs as I didn't want to tackle cabling the
house (well, I attempted it, but the construction in this house makes it
near impossible with vaulted ceilings and stuff, unless you want to go
external, but that's so ugly). The second model is an Asus WL-520GU.
It runs great, and I have it set as a client bridge which connects to my
AP upstairs and provides wired ethernet to a PC downstairs, and also
shares a USB printer via a USB port on the Asus.
What I love about this setup is that I don't need to have any PCs on at
home, but yet I can still print and surf ipv6 with a secure firewall
from my laptop.
I'm still dabbling with getting the Asus to work with both a printer and
usb hdd for some shared network storage. I can get the usb hdd to work,
or the printer, but not both. I just don't have a USB hub, and I'm not
sure the usb-passthru port on the hdd is playing by all of the rules.
I've got a cool enclosure already, and a half dozen hdds available that
I rotate through for offline/offsite storage, so I don't really want to
by a full-fledged network attached storage device. As it is, I may just
buy another Asus WL-520GU to stick in the office in the garage for when
I need to work on devices without wireless and then I'll just have a
spot for the external hdd setup. Usually I just bridge off of my
laptop's ethernet port, but then that ties my laptop to staying there
while I do work.
Jason Roysdon
http://Roysdon.net/
On 07/14/2009 08:51 AM, Rick Knight wrote:
> Thanks Ian, that's what I needed to know. I found some Buffalo
> WHR-HP-G54 routers on eBay, already upgraded to DD-WRT for under $50. I
> think I'll get one today.
>
> Thanks again,
> Rick
>
> Ian Sterling wrote:
>> Yeah, you're able to do that. I have SSH going to one IP, and HTTP
>> going to another right now.
>>
>> --Ian...
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Rick Knight<rick_knight at rlknight.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Patrick Bennett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is this what you're looking for?
>>>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/One-to-one_NAT
>>>>
>>>> Most of the documentation is done on the wiki:
>>>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>>>>
>>>> -Patrick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rick Knight wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Patrick and Ian, Thanks for the replies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian, will DD-WRT allow me to NAT to an internal IP based on destination
>>>>> port or service? I can't seem to find a feature list or English
>>>>> documentation on the DD-WRT site.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Rick
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian Sterling wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I will second the nomination for DD-WRT. I've Bren using it for nearly
>>>>>> two years now and love the hell out of it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only thing for me is that I'm considering building a low-power box to
>>>>>> put pFSense on and use that as a router. There are things I want that
>>>>>> ddwrt won't do like nat to different internal IPs from the same
>>>>>> external address bases on the incing hostname.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other than that, I love my WRT54GL + DD-WRT.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Ian...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:06, Patrick Bennett
>>>>>> <stnick at bennettbungalow.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rick, I *think* a linksys wrtg5gl or buffalo whr54g router re-flashed
>>>>>>> with dd-wrt firmware will do what you want. You should check out the
>>>>>>> dd-wrt site (http://www.dd-wrt.com) for specific information about the
>>>>>>> capabilities you're asking about. In my own experience, these
>>>>>>> re-flashed routers run way better and way more stable than they do off
>>>>>>> the shelf and have tons more features to boot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My favorite hardware to use with dd-wrt is this one:
>>>>>>> http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=844208
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Patrick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rick Knight wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have been using a slackware box with IPtables as my router,
>>>>>>>> firewall
>>>>>>>> and PPPoE connector for some time now, but due to the rising cost of
>>>>>>>> energy, a desire to be a bit more "green" and the aging of the
>>>>>>>> server, I
>>>>>>>> want to drop the PC in favor of a wireless router. I have a ZyXel
>>>>>>>> P-330W
>>>>>>>> wireless router that works well except for email. I run my own mail
>>>>>>>> server behind my firewall. Using the slackware box, smtp traffic
>>>>>>>> arrived
>>>>>>>> at the mail server with the headers intact. Using the router, I
>>>>>>>> have to
>>>>>>>> port forward traffic to the mail server. This modifies the header so
>>>>>>>> that all mail appears to come from my firewall. That plays heck with
>>>>>>>> milter-grreylist. So, I need an inexpensive wireless router that will
>>>>>>>> allow smtp port 25 traffic to be NAT'd to the mail server and still
>>>>>>>> let
>>>>>>>> me port forward other services like HTTP, HTTPS and FTP as well as
>>>>>>>> custom services like Readerware or VNC and will also manage the PPPoE
>>>>>>>> connection to my DSL modem. Can anyone recommend such a beast?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Rick
>>>>>>>>
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>>> Thanks Patrick,
>>>
>>> I didn't see a link to the wiki on the DD-WRT site, but a Google search
>>> did turn it up.
>>>
>>> That is exactly what I'm looking for.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Rick
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