Best Wireless N + Gigabit Router that I can install Tomato on?

[Zedicus]

so hang on to your old router as a backup, keep it on the shelf. personally i just did not want to manage 3 seperate devices. internally you are correct, there will not be enough added latency to make it noticeable. nor is having 3 tiny devices going to amount to a hill of beans on your electric bill. truly the ONLY real issue is why would you run 3 devices when 1 device does everything you want anyway. also, managemant of them is slightly more complex, but again not enough to make it a worthy dealbreaker.

 

[Mussels]

these access points you're talking about arent access points - they're wireless routers. your customers (or you) are simply getting confused between the two and buying a router to use as an access point, instead of just buying an access point.

I run about 5 devices - because its too damn expensive to get the same quality in one unit.


reliable, never disconnecting router w/ dual G wireless bands
smoothwall - the mere fact i have a smoothwall dictates that all WAN and LAN access MUST be after the smoothwall, so all in one hardware is not an option here.
8 port giga switch
5 port giga switch (far end of house)
second router as access point, for wifi access post-smoothwall

 

[Zedicus]

ive never seen a device with 1 ethernet port and wireless brodcast capabilities labled as anything but iether an access point, or a bridge. but that really is only a side point to the convo.

smoothwall probably (m0n0wall i know for sure) you can actually set up to be a firewall/router/wireless access all in one device. for not to much money.

i too use gig switches in different rooms to get more ports where needed, thouse just add on, as getting 1 device with 24 gig ports is cost prohibitive.

i actually did away with my tru firewall and went to using openwrt as the firewall also.

1 device, firewall, dns, dhcp, wireless, router, then a few accesory switches in the house. 1 point of manaagement. keepin it simple.

 

[newtekie1]

so hang on to your old router as a backup, keep it on the shelf. personally i just did not want to manage 3 seperate devices. internally you are correct, there will not be enough added latency to make it noticeable. nor is having 3 tiny devices going to amount to a hill of beans on your electric bill. truly the ONLY real issue is why would you run 3 devices when 1 device does everything you want anyway. also, managemant of them is slightly more complex, but again not enough to make it a worthy dealbreaker.

The switches are unmanaged, so you really only have to manage 2 devices. On top of that, for the most part, set up is the same on an access point as on a wireless router. The only minor addition is setting up the static IP address on the access point, and logging onto that IP instead of the router IP. And extra 2 minutes of setup time initally, and nothing extra after that...not really an issue.

 

[dcdivenut]

Okay... so I reading all of this and thinking

1. Always on PC (I have one) acting as a router seems like a little more work than I am looking for.
2. While I do like the look and price ($75)of the TL-WR1043ND route I am still worried about its ability to get quality signal from my basement to my top floor.

So I am thinking I have 2 options
1. stay with my current router, shutting off the wireless and buying a TL-SG1005D switch for $35 to put in my office and get GB file x-fers and a TL-WA901ND access point for $56 to put in the living room, totalling ~ $90
2. buy the new router anyway so I have a decent router... I typically can go for a couple ofweeks between resets (which I know is crap but it is on my desk so no big deal) and since it is GB I won't need the switch and still add the access point upstairs, turning off the wireless on the router (or leaving it on, which ever is better). This would total about $125 but (I think) give me more more options down the road when I move in 7 months.

Thoughts?

 

[Trigger911]

I got a rt-n16 and I am in flipping love and I did the internal hdd mod and got 2 usb left for other stuff. DD-WRT isn't much slower than tomato unless your in the GUI 24/7 just use putty.

 

[Wile E]

I got a rt-n16 and I am in flipping love and I did the internal hdd mod and got 2 usb left for other stuff. DD-WRT isn't much slower than tomato unless your in the GUI 24/7 just use putty.

Gotta link to that mod?

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Link To Mod Nao

 

[ShRoOmAlIsTiC]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124332

what about the wrt320n, its dual band wireless + gigabit and under 100 bucks. its also uses dd-wrt firmware.