Hot News

Xbox One announced, launches with next-gen Kinect this year 238 1day 6hrs ago
Xbox One not backwards compatible with 360 games 145 1day 5hrs ago
Backward compatability is 'backwards' strategy, says Microsoft 119 4hrs 0mins ago
Xbox Live Gold: is it still worth it? 100 2days 8hrs ago
Xbox One does not provide any built-in DVR capabilities 83 1day 0hrs ago
Nintendo monetizing fanmade videos on YouTube 77 6days 5hrs ago
Xbox One doesn't require always-on connection, but mandatory installs tied to accounts 69 1day 5hrs ago
In case you missed it, watch the Xbox One recap here 65 1day 4hrs ago
Madden NFL 25's $99 'Anniversary Edition' includes Sunday Ticket 52 5days 5hrs ago
Kinect for Xbox One coming to PC 50 22hrs 45mins ago

Latest News

Evening Reading

by Nick Breckon, Oct 05, 2009 6:00pm PDT

Not sure I wanted to see any of that Modern Wafare 2 trailer. Though I did like what I saw.

News:

New Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spoiler-filled trailer
DotA dev joins Valve
FTC demands bloggers disclose freebies
Left 4 Dead 2 gets $25 million marketing campaign
Direct2Drive $5 sale enters its last week

Read all the News

« Previous Story
Microsoft Adds GTA 4, Left 4 Dead and More to Platinum Hits Lineup

Next Story »
Empire: Total War Half-off Sale Begins as New Campaign Launches

See All Comments | 129 Threads | 2,451 Comments

#1661

Refresh Thread

By: dmason x Show Full Post

Reply

For those looking for 802.11n Routers that allow custom firmware, keep your eyes on the Netgear WNR3500L.

Link: http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/13896/NETGEAR-Announces-WNR3500L-Open-Source-Gigabit-Router-Development-Partner-Program/

Oct 05, 2009 10:17pm PDT

toggle
For those looking for 802.11n Routers that allow custom firmware, keep your eyes on the Netgear WNR3500L.... : dmason
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 30 replies.
- toggle
  Yeah, saw that today too. Looks spiffy. : nyranger66
  - Yeah, I'd be super happy to get one of these. I haven't had a gigabit router before, but I could see it b... : dmason
- USB port for storage and gigabit ports. Yum! : TrptJim
- Hmm, nice. I'm happy with my WRT54GLs for now though. : magistersmax
- toggle
  I'm still super scared of Netgear after my past experiences with them. Hopefully their hardware is solid ... : hax3d
- Andrew Mason does not approve. : ant_hillbilly
- nice. gig ports are really useful and i'd love to run one of those nifty feature packed firmwares compar... : smacknca
- toggle
  now, if they could just build one with a built in DSL modem... : losimagic
  - toggle
    ew :( I'd rather have a separate modem+router : crummynz
    - toggle
      in the UK it's not so easy. Most modems only do PPPoE in half-bridge mode, we need PPPoA, which is quite... : losimagic
      
      #2007
      
      Refresh Thread
      
      By: Toraz Chryx x Show Full Post
      
      Reply
      
      yeah, PPPoA
      
      I've got a netgear DM111P in bridge mode for my BE connection though
      
      although apparently I could have the BeBox doing that exact same job though.
      
      Oct 06, 2009 1:09am PDT
      
      toggle
      yeah, PPPoA I've got a netgear DM111P in bridge mode for my BE connection though although apparentl... : Toraz Chryx
      
      toggle
      except the BeBox is a steaming pile of shit. It reboots itself if it gets too many connections at once...... : captfarrell
      
      toggle
      ?! - i've had a BeBox for nearly 2 months and not one reboot.. I game quite a lot while the girlfriend is... : cause&effect
      
      maybe they've changed it again. But 2 PCs and an xbox caused it to reboot almost hourly : captfarrell
    - I'd be fine with an integrated modem, infact, it'd be preferable... IF it weren't for the part where the ... : Toraz Chryx
  - if I had one with a built in DSL all these years, I'd have alot more dead routers.. : moe6
- Would want to make sure it has decent antennae though. Some 802.11n routers seem to cram 3 little crappy ... : dooberzoo
- toggle
  Why hasn't Linksys done something like this yet? Their WRT54G is legendary. : node
  - $139.99? If that equates to around 100 quid I'll be getting this! : node
  - toggle
    There's this - http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WRT160NL but last time I checked it only w... : losimagic
    - toggle
      I'm guessing that they hated having people write custom firmware for it. : the archvile
      
      Well, they nerfed the WRT54G but then released the WRT54GL which supported custom firmware again. So fuck... : node
- toggle
  I have a WNR3500 now, and it sucks. Has to reboot every time a setting is changed. Sometimes its intern... : the archvile
  - That sucks. Hopefully it's firmware rather than hardware issues. I'm leaving the WRT54GL with my folks... : node
- If only that was a dual band radio in there :( : Jonathan