These solutions look very intriguing.  I'll probably pick up one of their
AP devices.

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ya, at the time my primary need was for a p2p tunnel.  The other stuff
> appealed to me but the community was in a weird transistion state as well
> with the primary dev, etc.  The whole thing was just too irritating overall
> in the end.  Also the basic capabilities of the low end commerical
> offerings covered my home needs.  Now that I found the RouterBoard folks
> that will cover any more specialized needs quite nicely now.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> The tunnels didn't appeal to me, because everything I need to connect
>> with is IPSec, but they only support OpenSSL.  Once I got over that,
>> however, I was good, because I searched for the best router that would
>> support the firmware before I bought it.
>>
>> To me, it's no different from any other HCL type situation.  If you get
>> the wrong hardware, you're on a wing an a prayer.
>>
>> DD-WRT is getting to the point where hardware vendors are providing their
>> equipment with it installed, so that's a good thing, IMO.
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback, though.    I have my own list of "not likely to
>> use" products for similar reasons over time.
>>
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>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> First their 'tunnels' did not work as advertised and I spent months
>>> trying things on their forums only to find out they didn't work per
>>> documentation.  Second, it was such a pain to get the DD-WRT to work on the
>>> hardware and you had to be very very careful to get the supported routers
>>> model number and even then risk your money/investment flashing them.  After
>>> a while, the risk vs what they gave you wasn't enough to overcome the
>>> annoyance factor of the occasional brick at a time when the hardware was my
>>> spare cash.
>>>
>>> I don't handle work routers (Cisco) at home I have a D-Link that works
>>> well enough.  For a point to point with a neighbor I have two Groove-5Hn
>>> that I like a lot (PoE sitting in the attic just fine, though if I didn't
>>> have the antenna's already then I would have gotten one of their integrated
>>> solutions) .  I wil probably replace the D-Link with something of theirs
>>> later this year.  Probably RB751U-2HnD or get a board and daughterboards
>>> which would cost more.  Not sure yet.
>>>
>>> http://routerboard.com/GrooveA5Hn
>>> http://routerboard.com/RB751U-2HnD
>>>
>>> Steven Peck
>>> http://www.blkmtn.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> What problems have you encountered?
>>>>
>>>> I have 3 DD-WRT based devices running now (2 at work; 1 at home) and I
>>>> haven't had any issues.  Still on the Aug 2010 release.
>>>>
>>>> Also, what do you use instead of DD-WRT?
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>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I realize there is a lot of love for dd-wrt but they burned their
>>>>> bridge with me a while ago.  I just don't find their stuff dependable
>>>>> enough to actually use anymore.  Granted this may have changed in two
>>>>> years, but not enough for me to trust them with something I may have to
>>>>> support.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM, [email protected] <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> **
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Anything found here:
>>>>>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On January 10, 2012 at 12:09 PM winsys <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > A friend of mine is looking for a new home router that he can
>>>>>> > disable/enable internet access very easily from a web page.
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