[olug] DD-WRT Router Suggestions?

Kelly Williams kellywilliams81 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 24 01:09:22 UTC 2009


Defrag the hard drive wtf. Sorry i read that i know cox would say that is kinda funny. Have you connected the computer direct to the modem..

Kelly Williams



On 12/23/2009 5:51 PM, T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> I bought a high-end router a year ago, but I'm not 100% happy with it.
> My internet connection is still slow. Cox refuses to talk to me about
> performance since a router is involved, and they won't come out to the
> house to check the signal, even though pages time out all the time.
> They insist I need to defrag my hard drive.
>
> Even though I assume the issue is really on Cox's part, and I've shown
> I still have trouble with pages timing out when not connected to the
> router, I wouldn't mind trying to get a better router to get the best
> possible performance I can get given the circumstances.
>
> I purchased a DIR-655, which got rave reviews, is supposed to have a
> fast processor and do decent QOS, has 4 LAN gigabit ports, and does
> 802.11n wireless.
>
> The question is, can I find an equivalent or better router that
> supports a Linux firmware (like DD-WRT?)
>
> Ideally, I want something with at least 32 megs of RAM for processing,
> and at least 8 megs of RAM for flash storage. The newest releases of
> DD-WRT are getting larger than 4 megs. It would have gigabit ports,
> and 802.11n support.
>
> Does anyone know of such a router?
>
> -- T. J. Brumfield
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