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For those looking for 802.11n Routers that allow custom firmware, keep your eyes on the Netgear WNR3500L.
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http://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/entry/13896/NETGEAR-Announces-WNR3500L-Open-Source-Gigabit-Router-Development-Partner-Program/
Oct 05, 2009 10:17pm PDT
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For those looking for 802.11n Routers that allow custom firmware, keep your eyes on the Netgear WNR3500L....
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Yeah, saw that today too. Looks spiffy.
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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...
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dmason
USB port for storage and gigabit ports. Yum!
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TrptJim
Hmm, nice. I'm happy with my WRT54GLs for now though.
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magistersmax
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I'm still super scared of Netgear after my past experiences with them. Hopefully their hardware is solid ...
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hax3d
Actually now that you mention it, the past 2 or 3 Netgears that I've had sucked balls. Dropped connectio...
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magistersmax
yeah every netgear i've owned has been a huge piece of shit, but I've never ran custom firmware on one.
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datoo
I will never consider them again.
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abrasion
To counter all the negatives about Netgear...I've been using the same router for years. Maybe the older o...
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Nixx2004
Andrew Mason does not approve.
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ant_hillbilly
nice. gig ports are really useful and i'd love to run one of those nifty feature packed firmwares compar...
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smacknca
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now, if they could just build one with a built in DSL modem...
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losimagic
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ew :( I'd rather have a separate modem+router
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crummynz
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in the UK it's not so easy. Most modems only do PPPoE in half-bridge mode, we need PPPoA, which is quite...
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losimagic
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yeah, PPPoA I've got a netgear DM111P in bridge mode for my BE connection though although apparentl...
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Toraz Chryx
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except the BeBox is a steaming pile of shit. It reboots itself if it gets too many connections at once......
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captfarrell
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?! - i've had a BeBox for nearly 2 months and not one reboot.. I game quite a lot while the girlfriend is...
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cause&effect
maybe they've changed it again. But 2 PCs and an xbox caused it to reboot almost hourly
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captfarrell
I'd be fine with an integrated modem, infact, it'd be preferable... IF it weren't for the part where the ...
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Toraz Chryx
if I had one with a built in DSL all these years, I'd have alot more dead routers..
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moe6
Would want to make sure it has decent antennae though. Some 802.11n routers seem to cram 3 little crappy ...
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dooberzoo
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Why hasn't Linksys done something like this yet? Their WRT54G is legendary.
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node
$139.99? If that equates to around 100 quid I'll be getting this!
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node
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There's this - http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WRT160NL but last time I checked it only w...
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losimagic
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I'm guessing that they hated having people write custom firmware for it.
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the archvile
Well, they nerfed the WRT54G but then released the WRT54GL which supported custom firmware again. So fuck...
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node
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I have a WNR3500 now, and it sucks. Has to reboot every time a setting is changed. Sometimes its intern...
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the archvile
That sucks. Hopefully it's firmware rather than hardware issues. I'm leaving the WRT54GL with my folks...
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node
If only that was a dual band radio in there :(
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Jonathan