re:all 2016-03-08 2:36 GMT+02:00 E.S. Rosenberg <e...@g.jct.ac.il>: > 2016-03-08 1:45 GMT+02:00 geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendel...@gmail.com>: >> On 3/8/2016 1:07 AM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: >>> >>> Personally I don't bother with the modem/router supporting OpenWRT, I >>> bought a nice TP-Link router which functions as the router of my >>> networks and runs OpenWRT then the provider router/bridge/whatever box >>> is just used as a bridge device and nothing more. >> >> >> Would you please post a direct link to where you bought it, and the exact >> model. I asked about six months ago for a recommendation and in the end >> could not figure out which was the exact model I needed, and did not want to >> spend a couple of hundred NIS (I need two) to buy paperweights. :-) > I have at different locations the WR740N (v4.23 iirc), WR841ND (v5.x > iirc?) and WR1043ND (v1.x) and am extremely satisfied with all of > them, note none of these devices support the 5GHz band but since I > don't suffer from lot's of interference from neighbors and the 'big' > consumers (laptops) anyhow don't support the 5GHz band either I > haven't bothered getting a newer router as of yet. > > All these devices are available through both KSP and Ivory (and I'm > pretty sure Bug also carries TP-Link). > > If your main use is wireless and you don't need very high speeds the > WR740N is extremely high value for money since it also has pretty > advanced features if you open it up (voiding warranty), I actually use > 2 740s in a very large house to provide the whole house with coverage > instead of bothering with one much stronger but much more expensive > device. > > If you also want gigabit Ethernet the 1043 is the only option from the > devices I mentioned, however there are plenty of other well supported > TP-Link devices that also have Gigabit ethernet available here. > In the past (4-5 years ago) I have managed to brick a 841 which I > still have sitting on a shelve waiting for me to hook it up to a > console and reflash it (at the time I was mucking around with flashing > from CLI and modifying individual byte ranges manually and I used the > bricking as the perfect excuse to get a 1043), but the other 841 I > have is running perfectly fine. > > When I want to buy a new router I basically go through what is > available and what is known about the hardware & support on > OpernWRT.org and try to get the best value/NIS ratio, things to look > for (other then connectivity details) are decent size RAM (at least > 32MiB) and preferably also a larger ROM size so you can install the > more expansive versions of OpenWRT.... > > Of the newer dual-band routers (the Archers C*) some devices seem to > have good support but you'll have to check when you are deciding what > to get.... > >> >>> There are far less xDSL devices that support *WRT and also you never >>> know if the device you'll get from your provider is under your full >>> control (these days with 2/3-play packages the router tends to not be >>> under your control since it also does your VoIP/TV) so as far as I am >>> concerned the provider-device is 'outside' my network and should be >>> treated as such.... >>> >>> Also the provider devices tend to have terrible firmware/updates which >>> of course you want to salvage with *WRT. >>> >> I have a Cell-Com TV router. It is not the version with a VoIP interface, it >> is for their "double play" service. It came with a decent user interface. I >> got the admin name and password via their on-line support chat via their >> website (in Hebrew). I had to do the usual ID number and credit card digits >> verification. >> >> This was to open a port so that I could open a port on the router I have >> bridging them to my network. It has a DMZ option, but I don't use it. The >> port has stayed open since I changed it. > Since the provider often has a was to access the device even if you > have Admin access (very nice of them they allowed you, I know other > devices where they make port forwarding available through the user > interface and Admin is strictly them) and you also have nonsense like > Bezeq_free lurking around afaik the provider device is not 'inside' my > network. > >> >> Note to prospective Cell-Com TV users, their router and connection work >> fine, however before we had it, we had a gamer's package with Netvision. >> This did some QOS tweaks to our connection at their end which improved >> on-line gaming. The Cell-Com TV is QOS tweaked at their end for their >> service, so we lost the gamer's package. It only really affects us during >> the evening hours and all day Friday and Saturday. >> >> The Cell-Com TV boxes are on the wifi network on their router, and nothing >> else is. > What do you mean by this, you have no WiFi enabled devices except for > the TV decoders? is the WiFi network isolated from your wired network? > >> >> I also have a line with CCC on our network, I use the CCC line, my wife and >> sons use the Cell-Com. We share DNS, mail, etc servers which split across >> them. > My experience with CCC is very positive, only reason I'm not using > them is I live with people who demand Rimon. > > As a closing note: I have replaced provider devices very often due to > device failure while the TP-Links continue to function without issue > (definitely during the period that Bezeq still provided modems but was > not buying new ones so you got refurbished devices that failed often). > > HTH, > Eliyahu - אליהו >> >> Geoff. >> >> -- >> Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ >> Jerusalem Israel. >>
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