Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 23:14:32 GMT Dale wrote: > > May be worth buying something which is (currently) supported by OpenWRT. > Their website and wiki make various hardware recommendations. > > https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_864 > > > There are also a number of Linux firewall projects if you want to repurpose > an > old PC with more than one NIC and use that as a firewall/router.
I went to Newegg. Hey, I buy stuff there sometimes. Anyway, I've looked at several routers and none of them mention IPv6 that I can find. I even skimmed the reviews and can't find a mention of it. Is there some secret way to know when IPv6 is supported? Is it called something else maybe? I went to your link for Openwrt. I found Linksys E2500 in the list. When I go search for one, ebay etc, I then find E2500-NP with N600 also mentioned. Some even say E2500 and E2500-NP in the same description. I think the N600 has something to do with the wireless stuff. If I want to use Openwrt, does the -NP make any difference? The link doesn't mention the -NP version. The N600 affect anything? I'm trying to get a dual band version since my current cell phone supports both I think but if I get a new cell phone, it may want the other band, N I think it is called. :/ One thing I like about the old blue thing. It has quite a few LEDs on the front. It's easy for me to see when data is moving even from across the room. The newer black ones have lights but only on the back from what I can see. I'm going to miss those LEDs. :-( So far, I like the E2500 and found a couple at a good price, on ebay but I think they are new. Also want to research the wireless range. I ended up having to move my printer closer to the router, in the kitchen on top of the microwave at the moment. The signal just wouldn't make it to the far room all the time. I saw one, Openwrt doesn't support it, that can go several hundred feet. I haven't looked at the E2500, yet. Oh, for anyone else wanting to know of their Linksys router supports IPv6. On the menu, select Setup, then look for IPv6 Setup between Basic Setup and DDNS in the lower tabs. If it doesn't show up there, it doesn't support IPv6. I ran up on that somewhere. Maybe that will help someone else who knows as little as I do about this thing. LOL Dale :-) :-)
