> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:00 PM > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers > > I've had no problems with my WRT54G on the linksys firmware. > > I'm curious which of the DD-WRT specific features people find > most useful. Hal likes RADIUS. Someone else wanted static IPs > (though I think Tomato was selected for that). What else?
I've had my WRT54GL for a little over a week now. I installed DD-WRT as soon as I took it out of the box, so I don't know what the linksys firmware has to offer (hey, I didn't buy the famously hackable wifi router so I could use it as-is). There are a ridiculous number of options on this thing. I definitely cranked up the juice on mine to 70mW (they claim 70mW is still safe from burning your router). There are a lot of cool QoS settings, and if I get around to it I think I'll look at throttling P2P traffic to see how that works out. Also on my to-do list is to set up various linux-based dedicated game servers (NWN, UT2k4, TF2, ET:QW) and see how that goes. My previous experiences with my old router were usually pretty frustrating with the port-forwarding and whatnot and I'd end up putting the server in the DMZ just to get a game server online. DD-WRT also has DNSMasq, which will take your DHCP clients and put them in a DNS table. This feature saved me a ton of headache because my house has quite a few boxes and being able to get to them all by name without looking up (or hardcoding) IP addresses is very nice. - Jason L. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
