Meh. I have dd-wrt on a Buffalo router and it works great. A lot more powerful so more complicated to configure but the actual flashing it aspect was a no-brainer.
Also cheaper and uses less power than a dedicated linux box. ;) On 12/11/11 2:09 PM, Gerald Guido wrote: >>> Another option is to throw together a cheap linux box and install a > firewall/router distro like ipcop, ipfire, brazilfw.. > > SWEET. Thanx Bobby! That was just what I was looking for. I would be *much* > more inclined to set up a Linux box than start hacking my router. I am sure > the DD-WRT/router method would work fine and I would soon be singing it's > praises. However, I was looking at the *lengthy* install docs with a bunch > of bright red "WARNING!!!!" messages scattered about and I was thinking: > "Do I really want to get involved with this?" > > Thanx again, > G! > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Bobby Hartsfield<[email protected]>wrote: > >> The chances of bricking the router are pretty low. You'd pretty much have >> to >> lose power in the middle of the actual flash (doesn't mean it has never >> happened). I've installed DD-WRT on just about every linksys router I've >> had >> (including two WRT54GL routers). Currently, I'm running it on a WRT610N. >> >> Installing DD-WRT is the first thing I do to a new Cisco/Linksys home >> router >> when I take it out of the box. I think you'll much prefer the control it >> gives you over your equipment. >> >> Another option is to throw together a cheap linux box and install a >> firewall/router distro like ipcop, ipfire, brazilfw.. (and many others). >> You >> could also run a normal distro and use something like firewall builder to >> make it a firewall/router. >> >> The benefit of moving up to a linux distro from DD-WRT is even more control >> and the ability to install many different packages (like a proxy server) >> >> ipfire is an iptables based firewall distro (forked from ipcop and debian >> based)... it has a TON of addons all tested and ready to be installed right >> from the web interface. >> >> Add-ons list: http://wiki.ipfire.org/en/addons/start >> >> these distros are tiny and typically run on anything you have laying >> around. >> Some of them are small enough to fit on a single floppy disk and run >> entirely from RAM. >> >> So that's my linux firewall spiel. >> >> Cheers >> >> .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. >> Bobby Hartsfield >> http://acoderslife.com >> http://cf4em.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:07 PM >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: Re: TOT - Forwarding port 80 to two machines with a home Router -- >> Linksys WRT54GL >> >> >> Than you all for your response. I tried reverse proxy ala mod proxy and >> that works. Sort of. If the site uses URLs that includes the host name. One >> of the apps that I use a lot, Word press, uses the host name in the URL.. >> and the whole reverse proxy thing goes down the shi... err drain. That and >> Trac throws a fit when I try to authenticate while going through the proxy >> >> I am aware of the Linux firmware for the router, but I was hoping there was >> another way to do this for fear of bricking it. >> >> Thanx >> G! >> >> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Eric Roberts< >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Look into the DD-WRT firmware for that router...it basically turns in >> into >>> a >>> linux box as Jochem was talking about... >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:26 AM >>> To: cf-talk >>> Subject: Re: TOT - Forwarding port 80 to two machines with a home Router >> -- >>> Linksys WRT54GL >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 4:06 AM, Gerald Guido wrote: >>>> I have two servers @ home that I want to use for hosting hobby sites. >>>> One runs Win 08 server and the other Linux (CentOS). My router ( >>>> Linksys >>>> WRT54GL) does port forwarding but I want to have port 80 point to both >>>> machines based on the domain. >>> Did you upgrade your router to run an open souce Linux or are you running >>> the original Linksys firmware? >>> >>> Jochem >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jochem van Dieten >>> http://jochem.vandieten.net/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349055 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
