[ale] DSL wireless router suggestions?

[James Sumners]

Thanks for the reply. While I was waiting on my email to actually post
to the list I did some research on third party firmwares. I came
across Tomato (http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato). Reading its manual
(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware), I determined that it
has QoS support that I can live with. Basically, I want to be able to
define my own classes; the basic stuff the manufacturer firmwares seem
to do is not enough for my taste. I didn't see anything in OpenWRT's
documentation that even hinted at QoS support, and the list of
packages didn't include the proper kernel modules, either.

Looking at the list of Tomato's supported hardware, I decided to go
with Linksys' WRT54GL. Amazon had it for a decent price and there is a
$10 MIR available right now. I think it'll get the job done.

On 4/17/07, Jamey Owens <vindir at comcast.net> wrote:

>  If it is simply a thing against Linksys hardware it might be worth it to
>  check out the Asus WL-500G Deluxe or Premium editions.  Supported by
> openwrt
>  so you can easily set up different vlans, QoS, full iptables, etcetera
>  etcetera.  Nicest part of them is the addition of USB ports for easy
>  additions to the router if you need space or want to hack on anything else.
>  Premium ediiton has 8MB of flash 32MB ram.  Deluxe is the same with half
> the
>  flash.
>
>  Another bonus of the Premium is the broadcom chip is mini-PCI in case you
>  are looking to replace it with something a little more flexible.
>
>  cheers
>  JO


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