[Thinkpad] [OT] Routers

[Allan Ballard]

FWIW isn't Netgear owned by Linksys?

I have a cable dsl router by Netgear, with a Lnksys logo on the bottom.

Have the TP and a desktop hooked to it.

RayBay wrote:
> There are routers with better names, but I have numb ers of the Netgear
> units in stock that I obtained at a dramatically low price.  They work well
> for us. Easy.  More consistent from router to router than the Linksys which
> has a reputation way overblown. You never know whether your Linksys is one
> of the 15 percent that are trouble, and their tech support is lousy.
>
> I group them:
> 1st - Cisco, Netgear, Netopia, Zyxel, Linksys, Buffalo, and SMC.
> 2nd - Bellkin, Siemens, Speedstream, DLink, ActionTec, Best, Allied Telesyn,
> Proxim
> 3rd - US Robotics, Westell EVDO, 3Com, Intellinet, Asante, Zonet, Compex,
> 3Com, Hawking, Compex, Watchguard
>
> We avoid the SpeedStream, Siemens, DLink, USRobotics for their
> inconsistencies and their poor tech support....
>
> None are perfect, in our experience, except perhaps the overly expensive
> Cisco comes closest.
>
>
> RayBay
>
>
> On 10/4/06, Jon Etkins <jon at snikte.net> wrote:
>   
>> 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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