Am Mittwoch, den 26.07.2006, 19:28 +0200 schrieb Richard Bos: > Can anyone recommend (or know) a nice router that can be configured via a > webinterface? I'm not looking for an internet/wan <-> switch device that are > offered anywhere. Just a real router, that can interconnect 2 (or a little > more) subnets. I searched the internet for such a device, but many of those > device are just to interconnect the internet to a subnet. > > I did the same thing using the ltsp server as router, but I prefer a seperate > device.
I cannot recommend you any subnet<->subnet router with a nice webinterface, but if you are willing to read up a bit on the subject (and that took me about 3 hours to get a good overview), using a WRT-54 device (specifically, the Asus 500 deluxe seems to be the best one among the compatibles. I bought one @ 70€) with the OpenWRT distribution offers a lot. You can easily make it a router, with up to four networks interconnected (+WLAN), or even have a 3port hub and a single ethernet port for the other network - the internal switch can be software-rewired. www.openwrt.org will probably contain enough information. The advantages of those devices: - running Linux - cheap - small power consumption (iirc 12W max) - small form factor - versatile options with the software-switch - and they can even serve as a USB printer server and USB-external-harddrive NAS (admittedly low-performance) at the same time ;-) Disadvantages: - more complicated to configure than typical DLink home dsl router - you void your warranty by running a non-vendor-approved firmware If you find something cheap but more to your needs I would luckily read about your device of choice - I will have to setup a few subnet2subnet routers over the next months and planned to go with OpenWRT for now. I am ready to be taught better! Cheers Anselm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
