[Discuss] Home Routers

[Chris O'Connell]

Hi Ted,

I already tried all the stuff in that link you posted.  I hate retiring the
TZ 190, I love being able to tinker with it, especially since I have
Sonicwalls at two of my offices.  Being able to play at home makes me a lot
more capable at work.  That being said, despite my best efforts I can't get
the device to clear above 20Mbps.

Unfortunately I've had lots of bad experience with Linksys.  Generally I
find that I buy one and then a year later they die, either by total failure
or having to be rebooted all the time.

I've long been a fan of Netgear.

How about anything IPv6 compliant?


On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 10:42 AM, \js <js0000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey
>
>
> On Fri, 10 May 2013 20:08:27 -0400, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking it's time to replace my TZ190, it's old, and kind of low end
>> by today's standards.
>>
>
> i had one of the original linksys WRTs and just retired it as i kept
> needing to restart it in order to get the wireless to work. i think it had
> to do with the WPA2 encryption i was trying to run on it ... when i
> switched to WPA it wasn't as problematic.
>
> i eventually went to overstock.com and picked up a netgrear WNDR3700v3
> which is like going from a broken down tricycle to a new hybrid [bicycle,
> that is]. so new hardware is often worth it.
>
> i've used many of the firmware replacements and all of them are better
> than the linksys firmware. earlier someone was hating on tomato, but it
> worked fine for me. as a programmer, and open source proponent, i find the
> openWRT project to be the most to my liking. it supposedly runs on my new
> router, but so does DD-WRT and it's installed [couldn't find openWRT
> firware when i installed and configured it]. one weekend i may try change
> the firmware.
>
> so, if you absolutely don't want to spend money, try the other firmwares-
> but you'll probably be happier with new hardware.
>
> good luck!
>
> --
> \js
>



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Chris O'Connell
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