Wow, impressive. Your home has more computing devices than many small offices -- kudos :) Thanks for sharing...
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Jason LaPier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Err. Let's see. On a daily basis I use a Thinkpad running WinXP, a > Dell Inspiron laptop running Linux, and a desktop (parts from Newegg) that > dual boots Linux and WinXP (Linux for work, XP for gaming). My wife uses a > WinXP box daily, and I have a Linux box that I use as a file/web/DAAP/gaming > server. I have my EeePC and a Powerbook that get occassional use around the > house, a networked HP Photosmart, and a Nintendo Wii that connects via WiFi > for updates and other stuff (it has Opera on it, but who really surfs the > web on the TV?). Other than that, I have my recently retired desktop and an > older XP desktop that don't do much, but one of these days I'm going to > install MythTV on one of them :) > > The server is the only one that truly runs 24/7, but my deskop gets left > on overnight quite a bit (especially if I'm DLing stuff). > > - Jason L. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Ben Barrett > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2008 10:41 AM > > *To:* Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers > > Curious -- how many boxen in the housen, Jason? Do they all get used? Do > they all run 24/7? > > ~ben > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Jason LaPier < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > -----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. > >
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