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06-10-2012, 09:07 AM
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Considering new router, advice sought
Im in the market for a new router, as I have some N capable devices now and would like to take advantage of their speed boost for local file transfers and the like. My current router is a WRT54GL running Tomato, which has served me well the last 6 or 7 years, The new router must be dual band, and work with open source firmware, budget is $100 or less, but I will stretch it a bit if its worth it.
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06-10-2012, 10:46 AM
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I am afraid I dont know much about routers and have never used open source firmaware...
My last router was a Netgear 2500 something and it was okay. I had a friend give me a great deal on a D-Link DGL-4500 and its dual band and its really nice... now issues with it and its pretty powerful
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06-10-2012, 01:33 PM
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I'd start with seeing what routers are fully supported by tomato, and out of those, see which ones support Wireless-N.
Tomato FAQ | polarcloud.com
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06-10-2012, 06:13 PM
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As much as I like Tomato, it wouldnt bother me to run another open source firmware. Be it Tomato, DD-WRT, OpenWRT, or HyperWRT...they all do what I need in the end.
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06-11-2012, 06:41 AM
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Linksys E2500, E3200, or the original E4200.
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