On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:39:56AM +0100, keith.jamieson@bt.com wrote:
I have a Linksys WRT54G which I put on OpenWRT and now DD-wrt ( Linux based freeware ) which gives more features too, SIP proxy for VoIP if you want. I just use it as an access point to cover the rest of my house and sometimes a proxy too. Its nice and stable and I have not had to reboot it because it "didn't work" so 10 out of 10 !
I'm using a wrt54gs and a netgear dg834 running in pppoa > pppoe bridge mode. The wrt54gs is now running openwrt, it was running dd-wrt but the author of it appears to be now violating the gpl so I (finally) made the switch to openwrt. You get full package management with ipkg (very similar to using dpkg and apt-get on debian) with lots of good packages available which gives the router more features as those from vendor who'd charge at least a couple of hundred quid for their hardware let alone the software.
You can get a wrt54gl (which actually says it is a product covered by the gpl on the box) for 34.10 delivered from ebuyer.com if you use google checkout, ebuyer quickfind code 103185. It even comes with a 3 year hardware warranty. Of course if you are connecting this to an adsl line you'd still need to get some kind of adsl modem/router that can do pppoa to pppoe bridging.
Adam