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On 07/15/10 09:18, James Sumners wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I used to have an old P2 box with wired and wireless NICs to do what
you are wanting. Actually, I still have it but it hasn't been booted
in years. Anyway, I moved over to a Linksys WRT54GL with the Tomato
firmware several years and haven't not regretted it.
I have been looking to upgrade to 802.11n recently and came across the
same routers you have. I don't think either of those is a good buy
because they are not truly dual-band devices. If you're going to
upgrade to an 802.11n system while retaining support for 802.11b/g and
maximizing your 802.11n throughput and range, then you need a
dual-band device. A dual-band device essentially has two radios, one
for 802.11n and another for 802.11b/g. Thereby allowing 802.11n to run
on the 5GHz band and 802.11b/g on 2.4GHz.
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So this specification blurb from the cisco web site is not true?<br>
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Cisco Linksys E3000<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E3000L-HighPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId97826163VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm#">http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E3000L-HighPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId97826163VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm#</a><br>
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Bands:Simultaneous 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz<br>
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or this blurb from CNET.com reviews<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/cisco-linksys-e3000/4505-3319_7-34041744.html">http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/cisco-linksys-e3000/4505-3319_7-34041744.html</a><br>
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<strong>The good:</strong> The Cisco Linksys High Performance
Wireless-N Router E3000 delivers most of what you'd expect from a
high-end router, including true dual-band, Gigabit Ethernet, fast
throughput, a long range, NAS functionality, <br>
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and the lack of features in The bad: section of the CNET.com review are
more than compensated for when the firmware is upgraded to the dd-wrt.<br>
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just some thoughts.<br>
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And no, the E2000 is not a true dual band. But it does seem like the
E3000 is.<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:46 AM, jrtroberts <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jrtroberts@gmail.com"><jrtroberts@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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On 07/14/10 22:13, Richard Bronosky wrote:
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<pre wrap="">You can download a 10MB (!!!) ISO of TinyCore Linux to run in a
VirtualBox VM. It boots in less than a second! Once booted you can use
its built it package manager to install a few packages and then choose
"Burn USB Drive" to create a thumb drive you can boot from. I would
suggest pulling the drives out to save power. Using a P2 is likely to
cost a lot more in energy in 1 year than you would spend on an SBC.
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<pre wrap="">After looking into wireless routers that will run dd-wrt, I am thinking
it might be better to go with something like the Linksys E series
routers, probably the E2000 or E3000. This will upgrade the wireless b
to n and give me the gigabit connection I might need in the future.
Thoughts? Not that the linux box is not a valid option, but if I can
get a network upgrade out of the deal it seems like a better choice.
I will; however, take a look at the distros listed in this thread and
become more familiar with them. And I might even setup the linux box
with 2 or more nics just for fun.
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<pre wrap="">On 7/14/10, Doug McNash<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dmcnash@charter.net"><dmcnash@charter.net></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I run voyage (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linux.voyage.hk">http://linux.voyage.hk</a>) on a 128Mb Sokris net4801 as a cups
server. It is Debian based so you can apt-get what you need.
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doug mcnash
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<pre wrap="">I am looking for a very lightweight distro, something to run on a P2 era
computer maybe a bit earlier, It only needs to function as a router. So
I need to use IP Tables to route between maybe two - five networks, My
sisters lan/internet connection in her APT and my father's backup
server(on a separate VLAN) in the house proper. I am hoping that my
father has an old box that has room for 2 nic cards. That seems to be
the cheapest route at the moment.
Thanks
Joshua
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