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From: JediSpork on 1 Dec 2009 20:16
After having another problematic router I started doing some research
on building a linux box running something like smoothwall or ipcop.
My main reason for doing so is because routers seem to go bad or need
to be reset every so often. I don't need fancy features just something
reliable. My experience with networking and linux isn't much.

I've tried smoothwall , pfsense (bsd), and fwir ipcop will not
support my g510 wireless card. Wireless nic support seems to be
lacking in these applications so a lot of people are using a router as
a ap. My whole idea was to take the cheap router out of the equation.
Isn't that the point of making your own router box for better
reliability? I understand switches are still necessary but those seem
to be more solid than a router.

Is there a recommend wireless nic for these boxes? Right now I'm most
likely going to replace my current router with a wrt54gl and use
tomato firmware per the suggestions from another forum and save some $
on the monthly electric bill.

From: Joe on 2 Dec 2009 00:36
On 2009-12-02, JediSpork <jedispork(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> After having another problematic router I started doing some research
> on building a linux box running something like smoothwall or ipcop.
> My main reason for doing so is because routers seem to go bad or need
> to be reset every so often. I don't need fancy features just something
> reliable. My experience with networking and linux isn't much.
>
> I've tried smoothwall , pfsense (bsd), and fwir ipcop will not
> support my g510 wireless card. Wireless nic support seems to be
> lacking in these applications so a lot of people are using a router as
> a ap. My whole idea was to take the cheap router out of the equation.
> Isn't that the point of making your own router box for better
> reliability? I understand switches are still necessary but those seem
> to be more solid than a router.
>
> Is there a recommend wireless nic for these boxes? Right now I'm most
> likely going to replace my current router with a wrt54gl and use
> tomato firmware per the suggestions from another forum and save some $
> on the monthly electric bill.
>

Why not use a cheap, dedicated pc, with ethernet only, to handle the
routing and firewall? For wireless, hang a Wireless Access Point off
of the switch, and configure it independently. Then, no matter which
firewall software you use, it will easily handle everything...

--
Joe - Linux User #449481/Ubuntu User #19733
joe at hits - buffalo dot com
"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..." - Danny, American History X
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