Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[William Park via talk]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 06:25:23PM -0500, o1bigtenor wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:59 PM, William Park via talk 
> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 09:51:08AM -0400, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote:
> > > o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> > > > I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5
> > > > years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a
> > > > spare for the next time the router craters.
> > > >
> > > > Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my
> > router.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > I'm a fan of the TP-Link TL-WR940N, so much that I have recommend it to
> > > everyone I know. I have three of them in various locations (home, farm,
> > > and HackLab.TO).
> >
> > I have Asus RT-N66U which I believe is the top of Wireless-N.  Checking
> > Canada Computers and Newegg, you can still buy RT-N16.
> >
> 
> So - - - I should just buy another one? (asus rt-n16)
> 
> I'm thinking the one I have might get another 2 years and the next one
> would need to last until at least 2024 to give good value. Was
> thinking that an upgrade would be nice by 2019.

If you're upgrading, then move to AC.  What Myles suggest isn't bad
idea, either.  TP-Link is cheap and disposable.
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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[William Park via talk]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 09:51:08AM -0400, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote:
> o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> > I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5
> > years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a
> > spare for the next time the router craters.
> > 
> > Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my router.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> I'm a fan of the TP-Link TL-WR940N, so much that I have recommend it to
> everyone I know. I have three of them in various locations (home, farm,
> and HackLab.TO).

I have Asus RT-N66U which I believe is the top of Wireless-N.  Checking
Canada Computers and Newegg, you can still buy RT-N16.
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Re: [GTALUG] Dinner Tonight

[Myles Braithwaite via talk]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:24 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk 
wrote:

> OK. If Thai on Yonge has enough seats that's Plan A.
>

I'm at Thai on Yonge and it's going to have enough seating.
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Re: [GTALUG] Dinner Tonight

[Dhaval Giani via talk]

Hi David,

I think we are trying out Bangkok Garden.

Thanks
Dhaval

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:57 PM, David Collier-Brown via talk
 wrote:
> OK, I'll try those in order...
>
> --dave
>
>
> On 11/07/17 11:35 AM, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Thoughts for dinner? I am thinking thai.
>>
>> I see
>> Thai on Yonge
>> Basil Box
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Dhaval
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Re: [GTALUG] Dinner Tonight

[David Collier-Brown via talk]

OK, I'll try those in order...

--dave

On 11/07/17 11:35 AM, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote:

Hi Folks,

Thoughts for dinner? I am thinking thai.

I see
Thai on Yonge
Basil Box

Suggestions?

Thanks!
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Re: [GTALUG] Dinner Tonight

[Dhaval Giani via talk]

> Bangkok Garden, 18 Elm street

Sounds interesting to me.

Dhaval
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Re: [GTALUG] Dinner Tonight

[Evan Leibovitch via talk]

I think we did basil box and found it kind of meh.
Thai on Yonge could be good.

Couple of suggestions, I hope others have experience:

   - K
   ​inton​
   R
   ​amen​
   ,
   396 Church​

   - Bangkok Garden, 18 Elm street



On 11 July 2017 at 11:35, Dhaval Giani via talk  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Thoughts for dinner? I am thinking thai.
>
> I see
> Thai on Yonge
> Basil Box
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
> Dhaval
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[GTALUG] Dinner Tonight

[Dhaval Giani via talk]

Hi Folks,

Thoughts for dinner? I am thinking thai.

I see
Thai on Yonge
Basil Box

Suggestions?

Thanks!
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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[Lennart Sorensen via talk]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 08:41:15AM -0500, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> Greetings
> 
> I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5 years
> now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a spare for
> the next time the router craters.
> 
> Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my router.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> (Trying to keep the costs down too, please.)

Well I have been happy with my linksys WRT1900ACv2 (aka WRT1900ACS)
running LEDE (soon to be merged back with OpenWRT).

No issues with IPv6, or routing or reaching from the basement to the main
and top floors of my townhouse.

Not sure if it qualifies as cheap though, but sure has plenty of ram
and flash and a good selection of ports.  No fan, so no noise, and very
little heat.

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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[Jason Shaw via talk]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:17 AM, James Knott via talk 
wrote:

> On 07/11/2017 10:09 AM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote:
> > Myles, how's the range on this one?  I have an older ASUS that does a
> > good job hitting all four floors (100+ years old Victorian) for the
> > most part, but it's starting to show it's age.
> >
>
> Well, yes, at 100 years + I guess it would be.  ;-)
>
>
My wording was terrible there :)
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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[Myles Braithwaite  via talk]

Jason Shaw wrote:
> Myles, how's the range on this one?  I have an older ASUS that does a
> good job hitting all four floors (100+ years old Victorian) for the most
> part, but it's starting to show it's age.

Farms a 150+ year old double brick house and it reaches first and second
floors and ~20 feet into the orchard out back.

I helped a friends this weekend who wanted access on all four floors of
there house. They had a access point on the second floor and it wasn't
reaching the basement or the bottom floor.

We ended up running an ethernet able from the basement to the top floor
and having two access points. It provided the best options.

Also getting high bandwidth stuff (i.e. video streaming, gaming
desktops, etc) off the Wifi gave the low bandwidth stuff (i.e. laptops,
tablets, music streaming, etc) better access.
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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[James Knott via talk]

On 07/11/2017 10:09 AM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote:
> Myles, how's the range on this one?  I have an older ASUS that does a
> good job hitting all four floors (100+ years old Victorian) for the
> most part, but it's starting to show it's age.
>

Well, yes, at 100 years + I guess it would be.  ;-)
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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[James Knott via talk]

On 07/11/2017 09:51 AM, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote:
> o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
>> I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5
>> years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a
>> spare for the next time the router craters.
>>
>> Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my router.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
> I'm a fan of the TP-Link TL-WR940N, so much that I have recommend it to
> everyone I know. I have three of them in various locations (home, farm,
> and HackLab.TO).
>
> It's base software is amazing and works great out of the box.
>
> I haven't run OpenWRT (an active fork of dd-wrt) on it but I know Scott
> Sullivan has and he's really smart about this type of stuff.
>
> It cost $39.99 on NewEgg  (this is a short link to
> the NewEgg website).
>

One thing to bear in mind these days is whether a router supports IPv6. 
Some ISPs, such as Rogers, Teksavvy (via ADSL), Cogeco and others are
now providing IPv6.  If your router doesn't support it, you wont be able
to use it.  I don't believe that TP-Link router supports IPv6.  On the
other hand, current versions of DD-WRT do support IPv6.

I'm on Rogers and use pfSense, on a refurb computer, for my firewall/router.
www.pfsense.org

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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[Jason Shaw via talk]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Myles Braithwaite via talk  wrote:

> o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> > I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5
> > years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a
> > spare for the next time the router craters.
> >
> > Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my
> router.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> I'm a fan of the TP-Link TL-WR940N, so much that I have recommend it to
> everyone I know. I have three of them in various locations (home, farm,
> and HackLab.TO).
>
> It's base software is amazing and works great out of the box.
>
> I haven't run OpenWRT (an active fork of dd-wrt) on it but I know Scott
> Sullivan has and he's really smart about this type of stuff.
>
> It cost $39.99 on NewEgg  (this is a short link to
> the NewEgg website).
>
>
Myles, how's the range on this one?  I have an older ASUS that does a good
job hitting all four floors (100+ years old Victorian) for the most part,
but it's starting to show it's age.

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[GTALUG] Ancient hardware available

[Isaac Connor via talk]

Am helping clean out some old stuff for my In-laws, as well as doing the
same for myself.

I know there are people on here who like/cherish these things.

Various junk includes:

green monochrome monitors

8inch floppy drves

5.25inch floppy drives / floppies

2-3 Sinclair ZX Spectrums

random old weird circuit boards/add on cards, etc.

piles of shareware cds, various old software, etc.

couple of p4 xeon 2U servers

various laptops/laptop parts (amd turion/p4 maybe some early core2duo,g4)

p4 tablets/slates (pre-ipad)


Most stuff will be on the lawn at 60 Wolfrey Ave (near broadview and
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Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

[Myles Braithwaite via talk]

o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5
> years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a
> spare for the next time the router craters.
> 
> Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my router.
> 
> Any suggestions?

I'm a fan of the TP-Link TL-WR940N, so much that I have recommend it to
everyone I know. I have three of them in various locations (home, farm,
and HackLab.TO).

It's base software is amazing and works great out of the box.

I haven't run OpenWRT (an active fork of dd-wrt) on it but I know Scott
Sullivan has and he's really smart about this type of stuff.

It cost $39.99 on NewEgg  (this is a short link to
the NewEgg website).

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[GTALUG] router upgrade

[o1bigtenor via talk]

Greetings

I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5 years
now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a spare for
the next time the router craters.

Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my router.

Any suggestions?

(Trying to keep the costs down too, please.)

Regards

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[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tonight at 7:30 pm

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# Lighting Talks

_Lighting Talks_ is GTALUG's version of an un-conference, a loosely structured 
short talks emphasizing the informal exchange of information and ideas between 
participants, rather than following a conventionally structured GTALUG meetings.

If you would like to give a talk, all you have to do is write your name on a 
post-it and stick it on the whiteboard in the front of the room. When your talk 
get's picked you will have five uninterrupted minutes for you to present your 
idea, then five minutes of audience questions.

Schedule Five Minute Talks:

* How does an enterprise distro kernel get made? with Dhaval Giani
* Behaviour Directed Design with David Collier Brown
* Mastodon with Myles Braithwaite
* Add your name to this list by emailing 

## Location

George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
245 Church Street, Room 203
Ryerson University





## Schedule

* 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. ) 
where you want to go for dinner.
* 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation.
* 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub 
(54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising.

# Code of Conduct

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