Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
Hey All, When I needed MLPPP setup I tried tomato / DDWRT / one other. I found these to be not reliable enough, with so many variations for different hardware. I purchased a routerboard and I will never buy a consumer model router again, the hardware hasnt crashed in over a year (oldest unit I have is 1 year 3 months, full uptime). You have extensive authentication, firewall options, built in VPN options and everything is fully configurable (in an easier way then the opensource ones). I order these in from Montreal in batches... if you want to try a unit I can order one for you on my next order to save you shipping. If you want to play with one, I have an extra kicking around. Link to the cheap unit: http://routerboard.com/RB751G-2HnD Link to the new commercial unit: http://routerboard.com/RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN BTW these have 1w wireless radios vs the 200w ish that you get in consumer routers. J From: Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 12:09:30 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router? Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce
Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
Hi Jason, My experience has been the same although I would add the following 2 points. 1) We've never been able to get the wireless features of the routerboard products working well in a small business or residential environment. 2) stick with the 4.17 firmware. We've seen many issues with the 5.x and later firmwares, particularly with mlppp. Bill Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-29, at 6:44 PM, Jason Rose jjk...@rogers.com wrote: Hey All, When I needed MLPPP setup I tried tomato / DDWRT / one other. I found these to be not reliable enough, with so many variations for different hardware. I purchased a routerboard and I will never buy a consumer model router again, the hardware hasnt crashed in over a year (oldest unit I have is 1 year 3 months, full uptime). You have extensive authentication, firewall options, built in VPN options and everything is fully configurable (in an easier way then the opensource ones). I order these in from Montreal in batches... if you want to try a unit I can order one for you on my next order to save you shipping. If you want to play with one, I have an extra kicking around. Link to the cheap unit: http://routerboard.com/RB751G-2HnD Link to the new commercial unit: http://routerboard.com/RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN BTW these have 1w wireless radios vs the 200w ish that you get in consumer routers. J From: Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 12:09:30 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router? Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
On 1/20/2013 12:09 PM, Bruce N wrote: Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce Bruce, A bit of a wacky idea, but Cisco PIX 515/515E's are going pretty cheap these days on fleabay. Stateful firewall, IPSec VPN, Cisco-esque VPN, and hardware that'll just run forever. C2611's and C2651XM's mostly do the same thing. Depending on your needs, a PIX501 may also do the job, but I'm not sure about QoS on that little fella I've been running IOS and PIX'en for years now as a PPPoE/Firewall/NAT/QoS/VPN device. Love 'em! Once they are set, you can completely forget about them Having said that, I'm also an advocate for a Cisco free network :-), but that's for other reasons.(think like standards compliance and their version of the standards) YMMV /M - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
[on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce
Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
Bruce, I would recommend ASUS RT-N13U/B Wireless 3 in 1(Router, Repeater, AP) Router w/ USB can support 3G(ATT,T-Mobile,Verizon) USB dongle WIFI sharing and All-in-One Printer Server(Open source DD-WRT Support) IEEE802.11n 8MB flash w/ 64MB RAM, just perfect On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce
Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
Thank Chris. Should I be worried about different revisions of this router or is it open to any firmware by design? The ones on shelf are probably newest Revs. This router is not in the list of Tomator supported hardware. Wonder if you have any experience with it using Tomato? -Bruce On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Chris Chen chris.chen2...@gmail.comwrote: Bruce, I would recommend ASUS RT-N13U/B Wireless 3 in 1(Router, Repeater, AP) Router w/ USB can support 3G(ATT,T-Mobile,Verizon) USB dongle WIFI sharing and All-in-One Printer Server(Open source DD-WRT Support) IEEE802.11n 8MB flash w/ 64MB RAM, just perfect On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce
Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
Hi Bruce, I believe DD-WRT will have almost everything you need, just cannot imagine something Tomato can do while DD-WRT cannot. Personally I never tried Tomato, I started Open-WRT 7 years ago but switched to DD-WRT four years ago, DD-WRT just works for me, especially with QOS and easy firewall/iptables setup I need for VOIP deployment. My home office router is running DD-WRT which is much better than DLINK firmware I used to love for a couple of years for small office QOS deployment. Thanks, Chris On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com wrote: Thank Chris. Should I be worried about different revisions of this router or is it open to any firmware by design? The ones on shelf are probably newest Revs. This router is not in the list of Tomator supported hardware. Wonder if you have any experience with it using Tomato? -Bruce On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Chris Chen chris.chen2...@gmail.comwrote: Bruce, I would recommend ASUS RT-N13U/B Wireless 3 in 1(Router, Repeater, AP) Router w/ USB can support 3G(ATT,T-Mobile,Verizon) USB dongle WIFI sharing and All-in-One Printer Server(Open source DD-WRT Support) IEEE802.11n 8MB flash w/ 64MB RAM, just perfect On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce
Re: [on-asterisk] Any suggestion for a solid small box flashable router?
Hey Bruce, I've used Tomato for a long time and love it. The QOS is easy to setup and so is OpenVPN via the GUI. The latest routers that I've been using are NetGear WNR3500 L, which has 32MB of memory. For a full list of compatible routers look here: http://tomatousb.org/doc:build-types, To get Tomato onto the NetGear I had to first install DD-WRT then install Tomato from there since the Tomato Firmware was not compatible with the NetGear Firmware upgrade system. A few links: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware Setting up OpenVPN http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/my-working-roadwarrior-openvpn-tap-setup-and-howto.32506/#post-160559 Mike On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Bruce N brucev...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What is a solid ~$50 router board these days that allows flashing and has at least 16MB memory? Looking to install firmware like Tomato or any other that allow for various VPN technologies. Thanks, Bruce -- Mike Ashton CTO Quality Track International Phone: +1 647.724.3500 x251 Cell: +1 416.527.4995
