[ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?

[Xandor Schiefer]

I'd be looking at a router that supports an free software firmware, like DD-WRT. You'd have to do a bit of research with regards to the compatibility of the routers that are available to you. Be careful about hardware revisions. I bought an Asus RT-N12 because it was in the supported hardware list, only to discover that my revision (D1) was not (yet) supported. FWIW it's a great router even on stock firmware, but it needs a separate ADSL modem.
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On 26 January 2016 09:05:02 GMT+02:00, Matthew French <matthew at gillyweed.co.za> wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you are looking for a decent router, then a Netgear is a good
>option.
>> If you are looking for stabillity and worth every penny, maybe a
>Mikrotik,
>> but that is a bit of an overkill.
>>
>> D-Link are still good routers, so I would suggest get another D-Link
>> router. User friendly and easy to setup.
>>
>
>Since this is an Ubuntu forum, I feel it would be appropriate to also
>suggest the option of buying an ADSL modem and hooking it up to your
>Ubuntu
>firewall... :-)
>
>But to be honest I think it is hard to buy a bad ADSL router these
>days.
>They all seem to be chock full of features you will never need, and can
>do
>what you will need more than adequately.
>
>If it helps, I have an 11 year old Netgear which is still going strong.
>I
>only recently retired it because it doesn't support ADSL2 or WPA2.
>Sadly I
>have been told the newer Netgear products aren't as robust. Ask me in
>11
>years which are today's reliable brands... :-(
>
>Finally, just to make the case for running a firewall from your home
>server
>- if you have one:
>1. Even old PC's tend to have much faster processors than little
>routers,
>and so will be more responsive.
>2. PC's have hard drives, so you can run squid and cache all those
>updates.
>3. Linux (or BSD) distros receive patches more quickly and
>transparently
>than proprietary routers.
>4. PC based routers are a lot more flexible, for example: allowing you
>to
>install packages that show network traffic. Or configure
>Upside-Down-Ternet
>(http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html)
>
>For bonus points you can run the firewall in a virtual machine so you
>don't
>have to expose the rest of the server to the outside world.
>
>Of course the downside is it requires quite a bit of knowledge about
>networking and will take some fiddling to get right. I obviously
>wouldn't
>recommend this for the average home user. But it is a nice project for
>an
>enthusiast.
>
>- Matthew
>
>
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