Here is the short version:
Linksys WRT54GS Serial numbers CGN6xxx or lower works with OpenWRT.
CGN7xxx and higher DOES NOT.
dbc.
Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Kohlsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: February 13, 2006 7:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Good router for Asterisk
On Monday 13 February 2006 17:13, Mark Palser wrote:
Does anybody have any recommendations/favourites? I have tried 3
different routers and experienced 3 different problems.
D-Link worked
fine for SIP, but I could not get IAX to register. Linksys
worked fine
for half a day, then just stopped, reset, factory reset, nothing.
Finally Netgear, both SIP and IAX would register but sound was one
way, not only for SIP but also for IAX. Right now I'm using
the D-Link
and will have to do without my IAX clients, D-Link tech support
suggested I RMA the router, that helps me out a whole
lot.........................
I run dd-wrt on the Linksys series of routers without issue,
although I am going to be (very shortly) putting asterisk
directly on one of these in order to facilitate a
multi-office phone system (three locations, about 20 phones
total) -- Polycoms (the phones, or maybe the company) seems
to have their heads up their arses when it comes to SIP and
NAT, so I'm going to either use the WRT-* box to convert SIP
to trunked IAX2 or just pass SIP directly in order to get
multiple extensions working behind NAT.
Be *VERY* careful about Linksys these days; the current
WRT54G/GS series routers do *NOT* support OpenWRT. Check the
OpenWRT site, they have a very good page on which units are
supported, which aren't and which are Works-In-Progress. I
was lucky; I found on open-box Rev3 WRT54G at Best Buy in
Kitchener; Every other unit was a Rev5 which was a
cost-reduced version and does not have enough RAM or Flash to
handle OpenWRT.
The nice thing is that their display computers are all
internet-connected, so you just head on over to the OpenWRT
site from there, politely inform the helpful staff that
you're just doing some research on a product you are
considering buying from their establishment, and compare
model/serial #s. :-)
Linksys released a version of the WRT specifically for the hacker community.
No, really, I'm not kidding.
It is called the WRT54GL, and you will probably need to order it online
(Amazon sells them).
Jim.
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