On 11 Apr 2014 at 23:06, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

> What are people looking for in a home router?

For me, security among other things...

> I'm assuming it's something in a feature set not provided by the  router 
> supplied by your broadband ISP?

Do you trust your ISP not to snoop on you?

> Wireless? Multiple interfaces? FW Capability? VPN endpoint?
>
> -sc
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Stovall [[email protected]]
> Received: Friday, 11 Apr 2014, 11:00PM
> To: [email protected] [[email protected]]
> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Home router
>
> I gave up and dropped the coin for a Sonicwall TZ205 at home.  I tried the
> free Astaro offering for a while, as well as ddwrt, but I didn't like
> either of them.  I'm so used to the full feature set at work, that I became
> very frustrated when I didn't have it at home.  In hindsight, I think it
> was a very good decision.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Michael B. Smith 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> >  I like the buffalo hardware (which comes with a version of ddwrt) and
> > then flashing it with the current version of ddwrt. For home and
> > very-small-business.
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brian Desmond
> > *Sent:* Friday, April 11, 2014 7:51 PM
> > *To:* [email protected]
> > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Home router
> >
> >
> >
> > *I´ve got a 1U Cisco router I use courtesy of ebay - it´s been working for
> > many years in the corner. Keep in mind when you buy commercial gear, the
> > support cost goes way up, and when it breaks and you´re not home, it´s not
> > exactly end user serviceable as the label says. Running a full linux box or
> > something is going to run your power bill up too. *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Thanks,*
> >
> > *Brian Desmond*
> >
> > *[email protected] <[email protected]>*
> >
> >
> >
> > *w - 312.625.1438 <312.625.1438> | c - 312.731.3132 <312.731.3132>*
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* [email protected] [
> > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
> > Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:46 AM
> > *To:* [email protected]
> > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Home router
> >
> >
> >
> > I am having trouble searching the list archives for a thread on home
> > routers. In that thread was a linux box for $125 that I would like to find.
> > Does anyone remeber that?
> >
> >
> > --
> > T. Todd Lemmiksoo
> >
>
>
>


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