Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-11 Thread edwardp
I bought a new Netgear router earlier this year, couldn't get the time zone out of -08:00 (Pacific), even after going through five levels of technical support at Netgear. It was returned for a Cisco. Jim Gasek wrote: I love the $15 refurb netgear wireless routers. Automatically download

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-09 Thread Tom Metro
Rich Braun wrote: On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, thinking that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from g to n. * The vendor supplies full GPL source code on its website * It's on the OpenWRT hardware compatibility list About 2 years ago I

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-08 Thread Chris Tyler
On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 13:46 -0500, Rich Braun wrote: On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, thinking that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from g to n. Now I see you can get this for $19.99. Hi Rich, Do you have a model number for this device?

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-08 Thread Daniel Feenberg
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Rich Braun wrote: On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, thinking that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from g to n. Now I see you can get this for $19.99. It plugged right in and did what I want out of the box. Why bother

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-08 Thread Rich Braun
Daniel Feenberg feenb...@nber.org noted: I wasn't able to figure out how to set firewall rules without help - there is no explanation and the menus are confusing and obscure. The unit I bought /seems/ straightforward in this respect: left nav Access-Firewall Rule takes you to a list of rules