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Kimmo Jaskari · 04-28-2005, 06:10 PM

I finally grew tired of cheapo routers. I had a D-Link too (with wireless) that died on me.

When you can buy these routers for just a few tens of dollars, basically it's a case of "you get what you pay for". D-link is bargain basement stuff and as reliable as you can expect. I'm through buying D-link myself. Not saying all D-link products are bad, just that I've had very bad luck with them.

Instead I took an old PC (a Compaq small form factor, with a Celeron 466 in it), put in an extra network card and installed Smoothwall on it. If I were to start over today I'd probably go with IPCop instead though, it has more bells and whistles out of the box.

Great router, has VPN and a web proxy and more, managed via a web interface and as reliable as your average computer is. Easily repairable or replaceable with some other old hulk of a computer in case it breaks.

I then added wireless with a separate access point.

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04-28-2005, 06:10 PM	#5 of 6
Kimmo Jaskari Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Local Time: 04:49 AM Local Date: 12-05-2008 Posts: 2,079	I finally grew tired of cheapo routers. I had a D-Link too (with wireless) that died on me. When you can buy these routers for just a few tens of dollars, basically it's a case of "you get what you pay for". D-link is bargain basement stuff and as reliable as you can expect. I'm through buying D-link myself. Not saying all D-link products are bad, just that I've had very bad luck with them. Instead I took an old PC (a Compaq small form factor, with a Celeron 466 in it), put in an extra network card and installed Smoothwall on it. If I were to start over today I'd probably go with IPCop instead though, it has more bells and whistles out of the box. Great router, has VPN and a web proxy and more, managed via a web interface and as reliable as your average computer is. Easily repairable or replaceable with some other old hulk of a computer in case it breaks. I then added wireless with a separate access point. "If we do happen to step on a mine, Sir, what do we do?" "Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet in the air and scatter oneself over a wide area." -- "BlackAdder 4"