Thanks for the suggestions, Phil. The point about an ethernet WAN connection is a good one.
Regards Tony On 21/02/2015 09:13, Phil Thompson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-02-18 at 18:51 +0000, Tony Cowderoy wrote: >> My ancient DG834GT is slowly getting less and less reliable and I'm >> thinking of getting a new router. I need ADSL2+ and 802.11n. >> 802.11ac >> would be nice for the future but I don't have any devices that support >> it at the moment. Any suggestions? > for future-proofing I would get one with the option of an ethernet WAN > port for hooking up to a VDSL modem if an FTTC cabinet arrives in the next 18 > months. > > Most routers run open source stuff already but if you want to replace > the whole router OS I would start with your favourite "distro" and see > what's compatible and in your price range. > > Thinkbroadband.com hardware forum might be a place to try, or > http://www.flashrouters.com/blog/2015/02/03/best-options-for-using-vpn-ddwrt-with-modem-router-combo/ > > there's a list of projects at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wireless_router_firmware_projects > > I've had a Linksys WRT54 running DD-WRT since time began, but it doesn't have > a modem and is only 802.11g. > > > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
