> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Kohlsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February 13, 2006 7:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Good router for Asterisk > > On Monday 13 February 2006 17:13, Mark Palser wrote: > > Does anybody have any recommendations/favourites? I have tried 3 > > different routers and experienced 3 different problems. > D-Link worked > > fine for SIP, but I could not get IAX to register. Linksys > worked fine > > for half a day, then just stopped, reset, factory reset, nothing. > > Finally Netgear, both SIP and IAX would register but sound was one > > way, not only for SIP but also for IAX. Right now I'm using > the D-Link > > and will have to do without my IAX clients, D-Link tech support > > suggested I RMA the router, that helps me out a whole > lot......................... > > I run dd-wrt on the Linksys series of routers without issue, > although I am going to be (very shortly) putting asterisk > directly on one of these in order to facilitate a > multi-office phone system (three locations, about 20 phones > total) -- Polycoms (the phones, or maybe the company) seems > to have their heads up their arses when it comes to SIP and > NAT, so I'm going to either use the WRT-* box to convert SIP > to trunked IAX2 or just pass SIP directly in order to get > multiple extensions working behind NAT. > > Be *VERY* careful about Linksys these days; the current > WRT54G/GS series routers do *NOT* support OpenWRT. Check the > OpenWRT site, they have a very good page on which units are > supported, which aren't and which are Works-In-Progress. I > was lucky; I found on open-box Rev3 WRT54G at Best Buy in > Kitchener; Every other unit was a Rev5 which was a > cost-reduced version and does not have enough RAM or Flash to > handle OpenWRT. > > The nice thing is that their display computers are all > internet-connected, so you just head on over to the OpenWRT > site from there, politely inform the helpful staff that > you're just doing some research on a product you are > considering buying from their establishment, and compare > model/serial #s. :-)
Linksys released a version of the WRT specifically for the hacker community. No, really, I'm not kidding. It is called the WRT54GL, and you will probably need to order it online (Amazon sells them). Jim. -- Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 "A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three. This makes me rich." Guy Kawasaki -- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/258 - Release Date: 13/02/2006
