If you're using DD-WRT or anything similar (customized after-market firmware upgrades for embedded routers/waps/firewalls), I don't see why you need the linux model of the router. If you use any linux-based device, don't assume that you get command-line access, and conversely, you can get command-line access on any device for which these cool & funky firmware upgrades are available. For myself, I could give a rat's arse whether it configures via command-line or web gui, since I rarely log in to it or change anything. But yeah if that is where/how anyone likes & wants to spend their time, I won't knock it... I'll only suggest getting out once in a while and attempting to be social with humans, IRL, F2F, etc :) So my answers are 1. Sorry, and 2. Congrats. ;)
~ben PS - the DD-WRT supported devices wiki page at http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices lists some basic specs for many many supported models, so you'll have a sense of how many add-on packages you can install (due to overall flash memory size), and how much may run at once due to RAM and processor limitations. Please also note that DD-WRT is one of a large ecosystem of projects & variants! PPS - About the WinModem's web interface, I prolly missed something at a Thurs nite meeting, but I've never heard of a WinModem with a web interface! Hopefully I am not the first example for you, of a person who is a "command line person" who doesn't care if I have to use a web interface from time to time. Maybe that makes me *not* a command-line person by this sometimes-zealous LUG's view? On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:38 AM, BB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking into two issues at the same time, 1) for a chat friend's > encryption issues (their wireless access is not turned on, they don't know > much about computing, and they own a WRT54G) and 2) for my router upgrade > to a WRT54GL with DD-WRT. > > 1) I just need to know if the access to this router is through a command > line interface. Many of the newer routers, such as my D-Link DI-524, use a > browser based interface. I imagine this browser based interface is sort of > like the Win Modem, not too popular with the command line crowd. It's easy > to setup for the novice, but not very clean/clear/versatile for the expert. > > 2) I hope to have a WRT54GL in my hot little hands come mid-month. I was > surprised to see over 1,000 user comments on this router at New Egg, where > there are normally less then 100 for a product. Bottom line "should 'a got > a Linksys." > > > Brian _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
