Egads!

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote:
> Anyone do the nightmare that was the Diamond Shotgun Modems?
>
>
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> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
> Behalf Of RickG
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:33 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT
>
> Ya! Back in those "dial-up days" I felt so sorry for the cheap
> businesses that forced their employees to share the internet
> connection with dozens of users!
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Steve Barnes <st...@pcswin.com> wrote:
>> I sold a crap load of these:
>>
>> http://www2.dealtime.com/xPF-D-Link-DP-601M-DP-601M
>>
>> DLink DP-601M Share a full speed 56K connection with a whole office.  I
> actually had one company that had 15 users on a Novell network that I hooked
> up with one of these.  Everyone shared the same 56K for their email.  They
> had no complaints.
>>
>> Steve Barnes
>> General Manager
>> PCS-WIN
>> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
> Behalf Of RickG
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:44 AM
>> To: WISPA General List
>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT
>>
>> We have come a long way though. Remember these?
>> http://www.cablemodeminfo.com/umaxreview.html-ssi
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>
> wrote:
>>> Yeah, but once the price of the good stuff came down it doesn't make
>>> any sense to invest much time into tricking out that junk.  I can put
>>> less than a hundred bucks into a Routerboard or a Ubiquiti radio that
>>> will do 10x what the hacked retail router can do.
>>>
>>> Bob-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:30 AM
>>> To: WISPA General List
>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT
>>>
>>> Bob - have you ever tried the solder trick on the old linkys - amazing
>>> how much more ram you can get on those suckers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:50 PM, Robert West wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just the stripped down v24 that's been out forever.  All of the
>>>> Broadcom based WRT54G versions are stable as can be, as far I've
>>>> seen, but the newer versions, (like the past 5 years!!!) suck.
>>>> DD-WRT is cool on Broadcom but all the Atheros chips seem to throw it
>>>> into crazy land.  Love those older WRT54G routers with the big as
>>>> hell flash.  Still
>>> going strong.
>>>>
>>>> Bob-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
>>>> On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:15 PM
>>>> To: WISPA General List
>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT
>>>>
>>>> Which package were you running? There's a number of different
>>>> variations which have more or less features. If one doesn't need the
>>>> full blown packages it's better to run a minimalist version, and turn
>>>> off what ever services you don't need. It's a lot of setup. If you
>>>> need the just basic functionality try the Tomato firmware. It's basic
>>>> and solid. The QOS is decent (works better for me than the dd-wrt).
>>>> The versions that have everything including the kitchen sink scare me
>>>> (the chances of problems and errors rise exponentially as the code
>>> bloats).
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Robert West wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My problem with the latest  DD-WRT is that the firmware seems to
>>>>> overheat or lockup.  At least on the Linksys hardware.  Not as good
>>>> anymore.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob-
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Dennis Burgess
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 12:14 PM
>>>>> To: WISPA General List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT
>>>>>
>>>>> got me.  We simply use MT.  Guess sometimes its cheaper to use a
>>>>> consumer grade hardware and put some other software on them, but
>>>>> sounds like more work than it needs to be.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc --
>>>>> Mikrotik & WISP Support Services
>>>>> Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line
>>>>> Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Steve Barnes
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:16 AM
>>>>> To: WISPA General List
>>>>> Subject: [WISPA] DD-WRT
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok I have heard from lots of threads on this list that DD-WRT is the
>>>>> only way to go  on a SOHO routers.  Why?
>>>>>
>>>>> What's the benefits?
>>>>> What's the down falls?
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve Barnes
>>>>> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service
>>>>>
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