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Feek
17-09-2007, 09:36
Now that I've got all my domains in the same place (thanks Beansprout) I have the need to replace my ADSL router thingie.

I need a box that can handle ADSL, wireless, multiple external IPs so I can NAT different addresses to the same box on different ports and a USB port so I can plug an external hard drive into it for NAS access.

Gigabit on the ethernet would be useful as well, but not essential.

Any suggestions? I'd love a Draytek but I don't think they do any that can take a hard drive. Linksys would do, but I don't think they can handle multiple IPs.
Burble
17-09-2007, 09:41
so I can NAT different addresses to the same box on different ports

So you're wanting PAT (Port address translation)? I don't know of any home routers that'll do all that lot, sorry matey.
Feek
17-09-2007, 09:42
My old Draytek does it all except the hard drive support (and the gigabit).
Burble
17-09-2007, 09:48
I didn't realise that Drayteks did PAT, that's handy to know.

Don't get too hung up about GigE, you can pickup 8 port GigE switches for under a tenner these days.
Mark
17-09-2007, 09:50
Without going to a Linux PC-based system, I don't think that combination exists as one box. Sorry.
Daz
17-09-2007, 10:33
Agreed with Mark. The hard drive requirement is the killer really.
Feek
17-09-2007, 13:16
I'm not bothering with the multiple IP thing, I've gone on for as long as I have with just the one so I'll stick that way.

Pretty much decided on the Linksys WRT350N so looking for the best price I can find. It's got three aerials and looks damn cool :)

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1954/wrt350nlrgqj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Mark
17-09-2007, 13:24
That'll run Talisman and OpenWRT (firmware), if one, or the other, or both, don't support multiple IPs, I'd be very, very surprised. Only problem with that though is they might not support the hard disk feature.

Indeed, I have Talisman bridging two subnets on my WRT54G right now, and that's an old version.
Daz
17-09-2007, 13:26
Pretty sure OpenWRT will handle a drive (or several with a hub). Looked at it myself before.
Feek
17-09-2007, 13:28
Talisman and OpenWRT?
Daz
17-09-2007, 13:30
http://openwrt.org/

Basically a whole Linux OS, you can do pretty much what you want with it if you whack that on.
Mark
17-09-2007, 13:31
http://www.sveasoft.com/

Same deal with Talisman, except Talisman is $20 and commercially supported, and OpenWRT is free and community supported.
Feek
17-09-2007, 13:35
w00t, so it looks as though with tweaking I can do what I wanted :)
killerkebab
17-09-2007, 14:25
Am I the only one who thinks that looks more like a radar than a router? :P
Feek
17-09-2007, 15:45
Nope, that's why it's so cool
Feek
17-09-2007, 20:03
.. and ordered :D
Feek
19-09-2007, 13:45
Right then.

Hands up who hadn't noticed that this box doesn't contain an ADSL modem?

o/
Mark
19-09-2007, 14:40
o/

Only glanced at it though just to note the model number.
LeperousDust
19-09-2007, 18:00
Is it possible to get Sveasoft without a support licence? I don't want or need their support, and i don't want to pay $20 a year for something i wont use :p?

Or shall i stick with the lastest DD-WRT (does DD-WRT have the same signal boosting qualities as svesoft?)
Burble
19-09-2007, 18:11
Their support is crap anyway.

I got an email from them yesterday saying:
The final release of Sveasoft's Talisman/Basic firmware is now available as a public firmware. Please see out downloads section for access to the firmware builds.

http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/index.php

This firmware supports router models from ASUS, Buffalo Technology, Linksys, and Netgear.

Best Regards,

Sveasoft Support
http://www.sveasoft.com
LeperousDust
19-09-2007, 18:40
Further proving my point :p. Any ideas then? I'm not too sure on DD-WRT seems a bit hit and miss... I've got to use a RC3 version so it works on my router and i don't even know if it will extend its power capabilities...
LeperousDust
19-09-2007, 18:41
How do sveasoft make sure you've paid anyway? Surely if i can acquire the firmware somewhere i'll be good to go, albeit without updates yeah?
Burble
19-09-2007, 18:47
They've thought about that. Before you can download the firmware you have to tell them the MAC address of the LAN interface of your router and then a custom version of the firmware is built for you. Try to use a build for a router other than yours and it'll tell you to get stuffed.
Daz
19-09-2007, 18:48
I believe at some point at least the firmware you bought was tied to a MAC address of the router.

[edit]Heh. My powers are weak old me.
LeperousDust
19-09-2007, 19:17
Dammit i can't use DD-WRT or Sveasoft either, i have a WRT300N V2 (apparently Europe got stuff with these non broadcom hardware based routers). Sucks... Looks like i'm sticking with the original firmware :p