Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: > On 19/4/2011, at 4:31am, Harry Putnam wrote: >> ... >> So, cutting to the chase; can anyone recommend from actual use, a home >> lan router that has gigabit lan ports and very configurable/ >> informative logging options? >> >> ps - I'm not interested in running an old linux or openbsd, machine as >> router. Having a silent cool router the size and weight of a medium >> book is too appealing. > > Consider OpenWRT. You can run it on something like the Netgear > WNR2000, the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, or something even cheaper if you > don't need wifi.
All good, except then you have to muck around with iptables. I once knew a bit about that when it first replaced ipchains in linux distros... thats' been yrs ago, and I've completely forgotten whatever I may have learned back then. I ended up switching to PF filter on OpenBSD for firewall/router... and have now forgotten all about that too. Are you using openWRT on a router yourself? If so, is there a basic iptables script rigged up for numbskulls to be able to add and subtract from it readily? I actually wrote such a thing for myself way back when. (The part for numbskulls, not iptables) but would not look forward to trying to remaster what ever I need to know about iptables to use openWRT.
