[MLB-WIRELESS] Current 'popular' openWRT routers?

Rohan Malhotra rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com
Tue May 13 22:17:49 EST 2008


just thought id mention,

at the msy site, on the victorian promotions page, is still listed the
asus-550ge for $49!!

http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/clayton_W.htm


On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Peter Buncle <peter at nmc.net.au> wrote:

>  That buffalo model has a builtin integrated broadcom wireless chipset.
>
> At the minimum you want mini-pci
>
> There are some other buffalo models that have mini-pci including one that
> has two !
>
> WZR-AG300
>
> Sadly not supported yet on openwrt , but the WZR-RS-G54<http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=88&categoryid=6>
> looks nice with 64Mb mem
>
>
>
> Peter
>
>
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> *From:* melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:
> melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] *On Behalf Of *Michael Dickens
> *Sent:* Sunday, 4 May 2008 6:09 PM
> *To:* Peter
>
> *Cc:* melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Current 'popular' openWRT routers?
>
> Ah yes, that's the next thing I was considering. Still not as cheap as the
> ASUS units have been though :(
>
> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Peter <red_marine05 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  Have you guys had a look at the buffalo air station on harris
> > technology?
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:
> > melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] *On Behalf Of *Michael Dickens
> > *Sent:* Sunday, 4 May 2008 4:44 AM
> > *To:* Rohan Malhotra
> > *Cc:* melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Current 'popular' openWRT routers?
> >
> >
> >
> > Oops - I sent this to just the OP, didn't reply to all:
> > "R100s are definitely EOL, have been for a long while now.
> >
> > I got a 550gE and it's good, but they appear to also be EOL now. So in
> > conclusion, I don't know but I'd like to ;)"
> >
> > The 550GEs don't have USB ports. Though, on the board you can solder
> > onto the 'pins' to get USB, but under the flap there's nothing.
> >
> > And yep, I missed the hot sale for $50! SO SAD!
> >
> > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 3:42 AM, Rohan Malhotra <
> > rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > the ASUS WL-550GE is just like the r100 i'm told; i've flashed one of
> > these myself and it does the job. looks like you missed the 'hot' sale at
> > msy, they were selling for $50!!!
> >
> >
> > anyway, i also run a wl-500gp (like the r100 but with more ram/cpu and
> > usb ports) and i've heard the linksys wrt54gl is as good as the wrts come.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Paul van den Bergen <
> > paul.vandenbergen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > this might be a good start...
> >
> > http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware?action=show&redirect=toh
> >
> > though not the link I was originally trying to find - I bookmarked a
> > commercial co website in sydney that was doing wrt stuff (on linksys
> > wrt54gs IIRC) - was originally looking to buy one, but lacked funds in
> > the end... anyone know who it might be???
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Bryan Pliatsios <bryanp at netspace.net.au>
> > wrote:
> > >   I have 2x wrt54GS's (v1.1), 2x R100's and 2x WL-HDD's. I need a
> > couple
> > >  more routers in the next few weeks/months and I'm wondering what the
> > >  current recommended routers are.
> > >
> > >   I'm seeing the R100s aren't stocked very widely and recall somebody
> > >  saying they were EOL. Is this right? What's the best replacement
> > these
> > >  days considering I'd like to flash them with openWRT?
> > >
> > >   Regards,
> > >    Bryan
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