pinky Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Ok im after a router ive only used one at college (cisco jobby) and it worked, Anyone got any recommendations preferably linux freindly pinky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Doesn't really matter to be honest. They don't have to be "compatible" with Linux at all. I've got a D-Link DI-604. It works (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Most of my mates say to avoid linksys as they tend to screw up or something. I dont use one, my friend has a nice wireless phillips one. 54mbs 802.11g? maybe not up to date on wireless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I use this one http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=45023 and its very good (Y). Or theres a non-wireless option if your just using cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Most of my mates say to avoid linksys as they tend to screw up or something. I dont use one, my friend has a nice wireless phillips one. 54mbs 802.11g? maybe not up to date on wireless. Well they're wrong :op Linksys are actually a sub-division of Cisco, so you're pretty much guaranteed quality. I'm after a WRT54G at some point, as they used a Linux firmware in it, and if you're clever you can hack it about and play with it. Which is nice :) Means you get a proper Linux box, using minimal electricity and for minimal cost. Excellent! The only problem with those is that last I looked there was no PPPoA support available for them, which means in this country you'd need an aDSL modem as well as the router. I'm sure that'll be fixed in the not to distant future though. But yeah, LinkSys are reccomended. Especially if you've got some cisco experience, as they tend to use similar firmware these days (they've stopped using Linux firmware on the newer models :o/). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 What would the benefits of it using Linux firmware be!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 What would the benefits of it using Linux firmware be!? If you don't know, you wouldn't understand :op Mostly geek things really, in that it allows you to do a lot of things with it that you wouldn't be able to do with a normal router (like running an SSH server, as a very minor example) and lets you get a lot more control over how it works. In theory it should also have the potential to be a lot more secure, but of course that depends on how it's set up and what you're comparing it too. But yeah, most of the reasons are geek-cool ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Well I know enough about Linux and computer stuff in general, I just can't see whats so wanktastic about running a cut down Linux on a lil router! Woo! Yay! Fair enough if it lets you do stuff like that, is the Cisco firmware not so hackable/featured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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