[Thinkpad] [OT] Routers

[Jon Etkins]

You might like to look into running a third-party firmware on on a 
Linksys (or compatible) router.  There are several well-supported and 
free firmwares which provide many excellent features over and above 
those provided by the OEM firmware.

Personally, I use DD-WRT, which can run on devices from a large number 
of different manufacturers (I use two Linksys and one Buffalo myself). 
DD-WRT allows filtering both by URL and by keywords found on a page, 
though it is limited to 6 URL's and 8 keywords; other firmwares may 
offer more.

DD-WRT's web site is at http://www.dd-wrt.com/, though there's also a 
good summary on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT

Hope that helps,
   Jon.



David Ross wrote:
> I am looking for a wireless router/firewall meeting the following
> minimum conditions:
> 
> (1) 802.11g (54Mbps or higher)  (2) WPA security (3) Port triggering
> (not just port forwarding) (4) keyword filtering on websites (ie, do not
> access websites with "foo" in the URL)
> 
> The Netgear line (eg, WGR-614) satisfies these, I was wondering if
> anyone knew of/was using a different router that did as well.
> (#4 seems to be the hard condition to meet.)
> 
> It is rather hard to get this kind of information from magazines/online
> information, without reading every router's manual.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> David R.


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