Best DD-WRT Router Hardware

Sin_Chase

Sin_Chase

Sin_Chase

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Been reading around online and the Cisco/Linksys E4200 gets a good write up as a DD-WRT base. Articles are a little dated at Feb 2012 though, has much changed since then?

What opinions do other people have?

Currently use a Netgear DGN2200 which has not been the best of routers and has all of a sudden started rebooting itself non-stop. :o
 
Asus RT-N16 seems like a favoured base also - Anyone here using that?

Edit - Scrap the N16, no DSL modem.

Edit 2 - Hmm, perhaps back to the drawing board on this one - DD-WRT support on routers with integrated DSL modems is slim to none.
 
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You really want custom fw you need to use a cable router + modem (dg834gt usually :)). RT-N66U i currently top of the pile in the tomato world, I assume dd-wrt has something available too. If you're not shifting piles of data via wifi then the n16 is a much better - cheaper - choice.
 
If I was going to go the separate DSL Modem + Router route I would probably just build a Linux Router/Firewall myself running something like pfsense - Was a route I would rather avoid though.

Seems there is no decent all-in-one package that was a working QoS implementation and an SSH Daemon.

Edit - My DGN2200 extended with modfs does it but....it's becoming rather flaky now.
 
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Sin_Chase said:
Been reading around online and the Cisco/Linksys E4200 gets a good write up as a DD-WRT base. Articles are a little dated at Feb 2012 though, has much changed since then?

What opinions do other people have?

Currently use a Netgear DGN2200 which has not been the best of routers and has all of a sudden started rebooting itself non-stop. :o
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best router for dd-wrt would be alix pc engine board.
they support two wireless cards(mini-pci).
I am actually using one as a hardware firewall and AP using pfsense


I have a few spare from my wireless project. If you are interest let me know, otherwise they will end up on fleabay

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lixxus said:
best router for dd-wrt would be alix pc engine board.
they support two wireless cards(mini-pci).
I am actually using one as a hardware firewall and AP using pfsense


I have a few spare from my wireless project. If you are interest let me know, otherwise they will end up on fleabay

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Looks interesting.

Couple of questions:

What model is it?
What do you use as a DSL modem?
Do you implement any QoS?
Better to use a seperate AP through a switch or use an on-board one?
What speed is the ethernet? (I assume 100Mbit as opposed to Gigabit?)

Cheers
 
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Sin_Chase said:
Looks interesting.

Couple of questions:

1)What model is it?
2)What do you use as a DSL modem?
3)Do you implement any QoS?
4)Better to use a seperate AP through a switch or use an on-board one?
5)What speed is the ethernet? they are 100mbps

Cheers
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1)http://pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm
2)Draytek vigor v120 or any modem in transparent bridge mode
3)nope, i run pfsense nanobsd it has a traffic shaper but dont really need it for my use.
4) i would prefer to have a separate router doing all the networking and routing protocol. its better performance than proprietary stuff like netgear/linksys which have crappy cpu and limited ram, plus software/firmware support is limited.
5)they are 100mbps,
 
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Shame it's only 100Mbps. :(

Whatever I go for needs to be future proof for fibre that rolls out here in the next few years. 1Gigabit to the home has been on trial for a few years and I anticipate the full roll out will be =>100Mbps.
 
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Sin_Chase said:
Whatever I go for needs to be future proof for fibre that rolls out here in the next few years. 1Gigabit to the home has been on trial for a few years and I anticipate the full roll out will be =>100Mbps.
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You'll be waiting for a while unless you're lucky enough to be in an FTTP area.
 
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You'll be waiting for a while unless you're lucky enough to be in an FTTP area.
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Just about to say the same thing. Fibre to premise in a consumer market is very far off. Unless you have virgin cable which seem to be evolving their network very fast.

For your average user like me in London, I will most likely be waiting for 1gb connection in 10 years.
 
If you want a router capable of Gigabit routing speeds then you really have no choice but to build your own. Although I have never maxed Gigabit out on the LAN never mind having a broadband connection that fast.

For a good guideline for what consumer routers can do I always check http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view but the top routers are going to be more expensive than building an Atom or even an i3 ITX box.
 
Yeah this is a back to the drawing board affair.

Even an Atom ITX is insufficient for 1Gigabit WAN-to-LAN routing, pfSense recommends 3Ghz at LEAST and enterprise grade NICs.

Going to look into some Socket 1155 Intel ITX boards and PCI-E NICs. Cross posted in Server/Enterprise also as it's likely this kind of WAN-to-LAN throughput is more commonly found in such environment. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18401293

Was recommended a RouterBoard RB2011L-IN elsewhere which ahs a claimed ~950Mbps throughput but I have no experience with RouterOS and it's flexibility.
 
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