Re: [PLUG] Recommend home router software?
I use dd-wrt - http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index. I have been using it on an ASUS RT-N16 router for years, and have had no issues. Mark On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2015, eehouse wrote: I've been running LEAF (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/bering-uclibc/) for years on general purpose mini computers like those from PCEngines (http://www.pcengines.ch/) and soekris (https://soekris.com/). I'm happy with the hardware, but suspect LEAF's original focus on fitting on floppy disks is keeping it from being as featureful as I'd like. Any recommendations? I'm not afraid of commandline interfaces, but am willing to use one those GUI thingies if it brings real benefits. I've had great luck with pfSense: https://www.pfsense.org/download/ It's BSD-based, so it uses pf rather than iptables for filtering, but it's easy to use, very feature-full, and doesn't have any trouble running on machines with Atom-class processors. Configuration is generally done via the GUI, though I've had occasion to change some things manually via command-line operations. I think the most challenging thing I'm likely to want to configure my router to do is switch from its outbound ethernet connection to USB when a tethering smartphone is attached (since our DSL is MUCH slower than LTE, and sometimes we really need the greater speed.) pfSense will support any USB NIC supported by FreeBSD, so you'll have to research its compatability with your hardware. -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com http://www.madboa.com/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Recommend home router software?
eehouse == eehouse eeho...@eehouse.org writes: eehouse I've been running LEAF eehouse (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/bering-uclibc/) for years on eehouse general purpose mini computers like those from PCEngines eehouse (http://www.pcengines.ch/) and soekris eehouse (https://soekris.com/). I'm happy with the hardware, but eehouse suspect LEAF's original focus on fitting on floppy disks is eehouse keeping it from being as featureful as I'd like. eehouse Any recommendations? I'm not afraid of commandline interfaces, eehouse but am willing to use one those GUI thingies if it brings real eehouse benefits. eehouse Aside from personal experience, are there sites that do a good eehouse job of comparing the choices? Googling is turning up sites eehouse designed more to generate ad views than share real expertise. eehouse I think the most challenging thing I'm likely to want to eehouse configure my router to do is switch from its outbound ethernet eehouse connection to USB when a tethering smartphone is attached eehouse (since our DSL is MUCH slower than LTE, and sometimes we really eehouse need the greater speed.) OpenWrt. -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Recommend home router software?
I've been running LEAF (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/bering-uclibc/) for years on general purpose mini computers like those from PCEngines (http://www.pcengines.ch/) and soekris (https://soekris.com/). I'm happy with the hardware, but suspect LEAF's original focus on fitting on floppy disks is keeping it from being as featureful as I'd like. Any recommendations? I'm not afraid of commandline interfaces, but am willing to use one those GUI thingies if it brings real benefits. Aside from personal experience, are there sites that do a good job of comparing the choices? Googling is turning up sites designed more to generate ad views than share real expertise. I think the most challenging thing I'm likely to want to configure my router to do is switch from its outbound ethernet connection to USB when a tethering smartphone is attached (since our DSL is MUCH slower than LTE, and sometimes we really need the greater speed.) Thanks, --Eric -- ** * From the desktop of: Eric House, eeho...@eehouse.org * * Crosswords for Android now in beta: via Google Play or xwords.sf.net * ** ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Recommend home router software?
On Wed, 12 Aug 2015, eehouse wrote: I've been running LEAF (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/bering-uclibc/) for years on general purpose mini computers like those from PCEngines (http://www.pcengines.ch/) and soekris (https://soekris.com/). I'm happy with the hardware, but suspect LEAF's original focus on fitting on floppy disks is keeping it from being as featureful as I'd like. Any recommendations? I'm not afraid of commandline interfaces, but am willing to use one those GUI thingies if it brings real benefits. I've had great luck with pfSense: https://www.pfsense.org/download/ It's BSD-based, so it uses pf rather than iptables for filtering, but it's easy to use, very feature-full, and doesn't have any trouble running on machines with Atom-class processors. Configuration is generally done via the GUI, though I've had occasion to change some things manually via command-line operations. I think the most challenging thing I'm likely to want to configure my router to do is switch from its outbound ethernet connection to USB when a tethering smartphone is attached (since our DSL is MUCH slower than LTE, and sometimes we really need the greater speed.) pfSense will support any USB NIC supported by FreeBSD, so you'll have to research its compatability with your hardware. -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com http://www.madboa.com/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Recommend home router software?
On 8/12/15 1:59 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: I've had great luck with pfSense: https://www.pfsense.org/download/ +1. Maybe OPNsense or ideally an OpenBSD-based solution: http://code.saghul.net/index.php/2015/05/01/announcing-the-open-household-router-contraption/ http://www.nmedia.net/nsh/ http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-PF-No-Nonsense-Firewall/dp/159327274X Michael ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Recommend home router software?
I too have used ddwrt since the wrt-54g and it has never done me wrong. It has NAS and a media server, and fine grain controls... On Aug 12, 2015 4:41 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I use dd-wrt - http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index. I have been using it on an ASUS RT-N16 router for years, and have had no issues. Mark On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2015, eehouse wrote: I've been running LEAF (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/bering-uclibc/) for years on general purpose mini computers like those from PCEngines (http://www.pcengines.ch/) and soekris (https://soekris.com/). I'm happy with the hardware, but suspect LEAF's original focus on fitting on floppy disks is keeping it from being as featureful as I'd like. Any recommendations? I'm not afraid of commandline interfaces, but am willing to use one those GUI thingies if it brings real benefits. I've had great luck with pfSense: https://www.pfsense.org/download/ It's BSD-based, so it uses pf rather than iptables for filtering, but it's easy to use, very feature-full, and doesn't have any trouble running on machines with Atom-class processors. Configuration is generally done via the GUI, though I've had occasion to change some things manually via command-line operations. I think the most challenging thing I'm likely to want to configure my router to do is switch from its outbound ethernet connection to USB when a tethering smartphone is attached (since our DSL is MUCH slower than LTE, and sometimes we really need the greater speed.) pfSense will support any USB NIC supported by FreeBSD, so you'll have to research its compatability with your hardware. -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com http://www.madboa.com/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
