[TriLUG] linksys WRT54g v.5

[Joseph E. ODoherty]

Is this an issue specific to the v5 model-- or do all wrts have trouble
with throughput (bittorrent, voip, etc) ?

/joeyo

On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 09:00:23PM -0400, Jason Tower wrote:
> they definitely can't handle large amounts of throughput.  i had a v5 
> sitting in front of a server at my colo (i needed a quick fix), and it 
> would reset tcp connections when the traffic spiked above a certain level.  
> but for home use where you'll probably never see anything above 6mb/s it's 
> probably fine.
> 
> incidently i replaced the v5 with a linux firewall running on a k6-300, it 
> handles the high traffic bursts just fine.  someone theorized that it was 
> the lack of buffers on the wrt ethernet interfaces that makes them conk out 
> under load.
> 
> jason
> 
> Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> >Two-part question:
> >
> >I've heard that the v.5 WRTs have a nasty habit of resetting if you're
> >doing something like voip. I'm wondering (1) if this happens with just
> >normal home use. I'm looking here for responses from people with
> >direct experience with v.5 WRTs.
> >
> >(2) For putting Linux (dd-wrt) on a v.5, any gotchas or caveats? Is
> >this a good walkthrough:
> >http://www.bitsum.com/openwiking/owbase/ow.asp?WRT54G5%5FCFE#h6 ?
> >
> >TIA,
> >CMP
> >
> -- 
> TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/

-- 
pub  1024D/B663781B 2001-11-13 Joey O'Doherty <joey(at)odoherty(dot)net>
     Key fingerprint = F76B 9ACA 4197 C707 6E4D  2B78 E430 101A B663 781B

     The sad fact is that "national security" has become the root password 
     to the Constitution. -- Phil Karn