RE: Modem Router

2009-09-15 Thread Greg McNamara
Interesting. I will have a look as my router is a Dlink DSL604T Wireless router/modem and see if its supported Will be worth a try and as you say if it bricks nothing lost really. Regards Greg > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:49:08 -0700 > Subject: Re: Modem Router > F

Re: Modem Router

2009-09-15 Thread Joe Howski
Hi Greg, Just a suggestion have you tried flashing your ADSL/Router to WW- DRT.com. A long time ago I had problems with torrents overloading my Linksys wrt54gs causing disconnects. I did some research and found this open source replacement for my cisco firmware. Many routers are supported. (Rember

Cisco and FOSS (was Re: Modem Router)

2009-09-13 Thread Dave Hall
On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 18:06 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote: > Dave Hall wrote: > > Sorry, but I think it is you who is relying on out of date information. > > Here is a list of FOSS unfriendly things Linksys has done in recent > > years. > > > > * Made the webgui for some of their mid range managed swit

Re: Modem Router

2009-09-13 Thread mike james
I dont know about the politics but my linksys WAG54g v3 works very well. I have had to reset all its settings once in 2 years and it otherwise functions normally and remains on all the time. I use it for wireless and wired connections to a variety of devices, and am able to configure port forwardin

Re: Modem Router

2009-09-13 Thread Daniel Mons
Dave Hall wrote: > Sorry, but I think it is you who is relying on out of date information. > Here is a list of FOSS unfriendly things Linksys has done in recent > years. > > * Made the webgui for some of their mid range managed switches IE only. > http://davehall.com.au/blog/dave/2007/12/07/linksy

Re: Modem Router

2009-09-12 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Martin, On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 08:55 +1000, Martin Visser wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Dave Hall > wrote: > > The ugly > Linksys aren't so FOSS friendly since Cisco took over. > > Cheers > > > I think your view on Linksys needs to

Re: Modem Router

2009-09-12 Thread Daniel Mons
Martin Visser wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Dave Hall > wrote: > > > The ugly > Linksys aren't so FOSS friendly since Cisco took over. > > Cheers > > > I think your view on Linksys needs to be updated, and is almost > diametrically opposed

Re: Modem Router

2009-09-12 Thread Martin Visser
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Dave Hall wrote: > > The ugly > Linksys aren't so FOSS friendly since Cisco took over. > > Cheers > > I think your view on Linksys needs to be updated, and is almost diametrically opposed to the facts. Yes, a number of years ago they were "found out" in that they

Re: Modem Router

2009-09-11 Thread Dave Hall
On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 19:09 +0930, Greg McNamara wrote: > Can anyone recommend a Wireless ADSL /ADSL2+ Modem /Router for Ubuntu. > > My DLINK has a well reported problem with disconnects. The good Billion make good kit at a good price. TP Link are cheap, but I don't have anything from them th