On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:49:31AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> > > | I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5 years > | now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a spare for > | the next time the router craters. > > It depends on what firmware you wish to run. > > It is always easiest to run stock firmware but there are > disadvantages. Here's one: > <https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/advanced-cia-firmware-turns-home-routers-into-covert-listening-posts/> > One simple thing that this highlights: disable UPnP! > If you are going to run stock, you should pick a router with decent > firmware and a prospect of long-term support. > > I dislike the politics/governance of dd-wrt and prefer OpenWRT / LEDE. > This is theoretical: I don't have a first-hand basis for comparing > them. > > If you pick dd-wrt, I understand that Broadcom-based units are > (Brainslayer has NDAs with Broadcom, a useful but worrying thing). I > think that dd-wrt lists preferred hardware. > > If you pick OpenWRT, you can google to find out what OpenWRT people seem > to like. They are not as clear as one would hope. It used to be that > Atheros chipsets were preferred (open drivers) but I'm not sure about the > 802.11ac world. > > One advertised-to-be-open choice is the Linksys WRT AC series > <https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt1x00ac_series> > > Newegg.ca is currently selling a refurb WRT1200AC for $67.99 + > shipping + tax. That would seem to be a good price. > <https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIABAK48X8230&AID=10657534> > <https://www.linksys.com/ca/p/P-WRT1200AC/> > > I paid $150 + tax for a refurb WRT1900ACS and consider it a good deal. > The hardware seems to be the same except for the radio side. I'm > currently only using mine as an access point, with stock firmware so I > cannot give a useful review. It does have a lot of hardware resources, > including USB 3 and ESATA, lots of RAM, and lots of flash.
It would seem that the difference between the 1200 and 1900 really is just that the 1200 is 2x2:2, and the 1900 is 4x4:3. I must admit most clients can't use more than 2 streams at the moment, so likely in use you wouldn't notice a difference. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
