[ale] Router recommendation(s)

[matt.hessel at gmail.com]

This guy - not sure if he works for Asus or not, but he has access to their source code, and modifies it with additional options for VPN, other acceleration features, etc.


On top of the stuff you usually find in DD-wrt and such, he also fixes noticeable bugs in the code before Asus does.  The recent issues with bash vulnerabilities, and ssl - most of them were already fixed in his version, where the asus one was not..


the other nice thing about his firmware - aside it being open source (you can get it from github, and compile yourself if you like) is that his still uses the acceleration features on the Broadcom chips, where normally the dd-wrt is using pure software for tcp/ip, Wifi, encryption, etc..  so his runs very well, and there is no loss of speed or latency in it.











From: Edward Holcroft
Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎December‎ ‎26‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎46‎ ‎AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts






hmm, thanks, never heard of this before.



On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Matt Hessel <matt.hessel at gmail.com> wrote:

Hands down, Merlins firmware is the best to use on the asus routers...

http://www.lostrealm.ca/tower/node/79





On Wed, 2014-12-24 at 17:27 -0500, Ken Cochran wrote:
> Hello ALErs & Merry Christmas!
>
> Any recommendations as to a nice router/firmware nowadays?
>
> I have an Asus RT-N16 with DD-WRT (stock firmware was pretty
> crummy) that's been working nicely these past few years, now
> needing another.  Think that Asus was on recommendation here,
> as was possibly DD-WRT.  Netgear R7000?  That nice new(er) Asus?
> Buffalo?  Also DD-WRT?  Tomato?  Something else?
>
> Thanks, -kc
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