Is this an issue specific to the v5 model-- or do all wrts have trouble with throughput (bittorrent, voip, etc) ?
/joeyo On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 09:00:23PM -0400, Jason Tower wrote: > they definitely can't handle large amounts of throughput. i had a v5 > sitting in front of a server at my colo (i needed a quick fix), and it > would reset tcp connections when the traffic spiked above a certain level. > but for home use where you'll probably never see anything above 6mb/s it's > probably fine. > > incidently i replaced the v5 with a linux firewall running on a k6-300, it > handles the high traffic bursts just fine. someone theorized that it was > the lack of buffers on the wrt ethernet interfaces that makes them conk out > under load. > > jason > > Cristobal Palmer wrote: > >Two-part question: > > > >I've heard that the v.5 WRTs have a nasty habit of resetting if you're > >doing something like voip. I'm wondering (1) if this happens with just > >normal home use. I'm looking here for responses from people with > >direct experience with v.5 WRTs. > > > >(2) For putting Linux (dd-wrt) on a v.5, any gotchas or caveats? Is > >this a good walkthrough: > >http://www.bitsum.com/openwiking/owbase/ow.asp?WRT54G5%5FCFE#h6 ? > > > >TIA, > >CMP > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- pub 1024D/B663781B 2001-11-13 Joey O'Doherty <joey(at)odoherty(dot)net> Key fingerprint = F76B 9ACA 4197 C707 6E4D 2B78 E430 101A B663 781B The sad fact is that "national security" has become the root password to the Constitution. -- Phil Karn -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
