[ale] Broadband wireless router
Jay Finch
retief at larp.com
Sat Jan 6 02:18:46 EST 2007
The WRT54GL is made specifically to run Linux on it - But you can
install DD-WRT on a regular WRT54G, but it's a bit more difficult.
I run DD-WRT on a 54G myself, and love it. :)
Hope that helps!
Jay
Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 20:46 -0800, Steve Nicholas wrote:
>> All,
>> Have recently upgraded to Comcast BB. Works great so far. Looking
>> for a broadband router with both cat5 and wireless capabilities
>> compatible with Linux (currently FC5). I would only use the wireless
>> for my laptop, which would be maybe 10% of the time. The other 2 Pcs
>> (mine FC5, wifes XP :-( would have a cat5 connection.
>>
>> My question is: is there a router that can handle both cat5 and
>> wireless, but with the option of turning wireless off when not needed
>> ? Homes are close, and wireless networks abound in my neighborhood.
>> Networks bleed over, and I like the security of cat5 for my remote
>> admin work.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Try to find a Linksys WRT54G that is compatible with the OpenWRT
> firmware. It is quite nice, and with OpenWRT you can do virtually
> anything with the Wireless network, including separating it from the
> wired network that you have in the house, if you wish.
>
> -- Mike
>
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