[TriLUG] Router Recommendations

[Thomas Delrue via TriLUG]

On 06/30/2017 11:26 AM, Michael Marley wrote:
> That only has a 680mHz MIPS processor, so I highly doubt it can handle
> gigabit routing on LEDE.  It probably won't do much better than 200Mbps
> or so if even that.  For gigabit, you would need one of the newer ramips
> devices (like Dlink DIR-860), a new ARM device (Linksys WRT1x00AC), or
> an x86_64 processor.  (Obviously, check LEDE's compatibility with
> specific hardware revisions before you buy anything, I don't keep up
> with this stuff precisely.) 

Why would the device not be able to handle Gigabit routing if it is a
Gigabit (4 lan gigabit ports + 1 gigabit wan port) device? (Again,
hardware is not my expertise)
Is this something specific to LEDE or is it a flaw in the device (i.e.
you have gigabit ports but are unable to use them as gigabit)?

I think I'll need some more information.

Does that bring me back to my original question? Which gigabit router
(see above) would satisfy my requirements?

> On 2017-06-30 11:20, Thomas Delrue wrote:
> 
>> On 06/29/2017 06:52 PM, Michael Marley via TriLUG wrote: 
>>
>>> Instead of OpenWRT, you might want to look at the LEDE project
>>> (https://lede-project.org/), a fork of OpenWRT.  Most of the development
>>> activity now occurs on the fork, leaving the original OpenWRT project
>>> fairly stagnant.  It hasn't had a stable release in almost 2 years now
>>> and has multiple components with known security vulnerabilities.
>>>
>>> As far as gigabit routing, only a few LEDE/OpenWRT-supported devices are
>>> capable of such speeds considering as it doesn't support any kind of
>>> hardware NAT.  It might be a good idea to ask on the #lede-dev IRC
>>> channel on Freenode to see which devices can do gigabit routing these days.
>>
>> Thanks for the information!
>> I think I'll go with this guy
>> (https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-AirStation-HighPower-Wireless-WZR-600DHP/dp/B0096239G0
>> - USD 80 is very reasonable) and put LEDE on it.
>>
>> Thanks to Michael Marley for pointing out that OpenWRT hasn't had a
>> release in 15-ish months. I did not know that OpenWRT was inactive.
>>
>> It looks like the LEDE development is much more active (last release was
>> 10 days ago or so with latest commits just a couple of hours ago).
>> LEDE it is then :D
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On 6/29/17 6:41 PM, Thomas Delrue via TriLUG wrote: 
>> I am in the market for a new home router (wired & wifi) but hardware is
>> not really my area of expertise so that's why I'm reaching out to you guys.
>>
>> Given the following requirements, which routers would you recommend?
>> - WAN port capable of handling 1 Gbps
>> - 4 (or ideally more) LAN ports capable of handling 1 Gbps
>> - WiFi capability (b/g/n/... ? What am I looking for here?)
>> - Ability to put OpenWRT on it to configure it to my heart's content
>>
>> I'm pretty serious about putting OpenWRT on it so that's a hard requirement.
>>
>> I've looked at https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start but again, hardware is
>> not my area of expertise and so these are just names to me, nothing more.
>> Have any of you done something similar? With which devices and what was
>> your experience?
>>
>> What is the price range I'm looking at? Are we talking 100-to-200 USD or
>> more?

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