> Hi Grant, > > think that you will get much better integrated packages (for very lean > systems) with openwrt (if gentoo has an embedded distro - it might not > be a huge difference) - openwrt has a reasonable package manager, and > the fire / forget mentality will work here reasonably well (as long as > you are looking for vanilla router / AP setup). > > Openwrt on an asus has required about 2-4 hours for me to learn the > distro (depending on your experience / selection of h/w) - and it > take another couple of hours to get the setttings where you want > > i.e. > qos > DNS > firewall > "other services" > > It is ROCK solid after that. I run 3 instances of openwrt - 2 virtual > and 1 physical (for wireless) - and it (tm) just works. > > -Adrian
I'm very sorry but I posted the reply which should have gone here to my other thread on packet shaping. - Grant >> I'm very familiar and comfortable with Gentoo Linux and I've set up >> several router/firewall/AP Gentoo systems. I need to move my internet >> connection across the room wirelessly so I thought I would buy a >> TP-Link router and set up OpenWRT instead of building and maintaining >> another Gentoo system. I'm wondering if I've made the wrong choice >> and I would appreciate your advice. >> >> Should I stick with a distro I know or learn OpenWRT? I chose Gentoo >> as my distro many years ago because its flexible and I want to avoid >> learning multiple distros. On the other hand, each Gentoo system I >> administrate costs time and energy dealing with both software and >> hardware problems. Am I better off with those problems or with the >> problem of learning and maintaining my knowledge of another distro >> just for a router? >> >> - Grant _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
