Recommend me a new Rooootah! - Page 3

LeperousDust · 25-04-2008, 15:20

I was tempted by the GL, but i managed to get hold of a v1 GS which has twice as much RAM and flash memory, probably not necessary but i wasn't sure how bloated some of the firmware was or how slow it would be...

Mark · 25-04-2008, 22:08

Hmm. I may have to investigate this Tomato business. I'm currently a Sveasoft user since the non-free days.

LeperousDust · 26-04-2008, 00:54

How is svesoft, i paid for it for my other router but then realised i had the only version NO-ONE supports

Heres to hoping one day (thats over now though

)! So technically i think i've still got an account to download a version for this router...

Burble · 26-04-2008, 08:57

Sveasoft is good, but it isn't good enough to warrant being paid for when Tomato is free. Also it doesn't have the very neat bandwidth monitor that Tomato has (well, it didn't last time I used it). Also the support forums are inhabited by some complete and utter :****er:s who seem to relish in being tossers.

The UI in Sveasoft is a lot more polished but that's the only thing it beats Tomato on from what I remember.

LeperousDust · 26-04-2008, 13:21

I do like the real time AJAXy stuff tomato comes with, for something free its pretty nice looking and easy to configure

One thing i'm not getting is the QoS in tomato is it the same with all the others? Its not "much" of a QoS all it really does it throttle things indefinitely according to whatever layer7 or ip address i give it. I don't want to do this, i want some kind of priority system, so if port 80/Voip traffic appears the router cuts back on expendable nntp/p2p downloads etc... Otherwise i might as well just hardware set my nntp downloaded to a 60% or whatever permanently it wouldnt really make a difference...
Also tomato and others seem to be missing VPN passthrough, or any VPN options? Bit strange...

MarcLister · 26-04-2008, 16:05

This thread has been hijacked! Keep calm and no-one dies!

Say I wanted to move from BT Internet to Be for up to 24Meg compared to 6.5 now and have a nice secure router with QOS (brother and I share the line and we need to keep our half of the connection to ourselves) and wireless and perhaps even a wireless print server ability for my Mum on my laptop for when she prints work stuff off, what Draytek would I be looking at?

Don't mind paying up to £200 potentially if the router will be very secure, wireless, allow me to split line 50:50 between me and lil bro or even three ways to let Mum have some, print wirelessly etc and have some spare ethernet ports on the back so I can run a switch in my room so I could set up a mini network in my room and copy files between PC without affecting the whole network between me and lil bro.

LeperousDust · 26-04-2008, 16:40

The router i posted above i think has the potential to do this, physically split say 45 - 45 -10 and it only costs £50 (at tops). WRT54GL (any version as its designed for linux) or WRT54GS upto version 5 i think, and WRT54G up to about version 5/6ish... Or for N networking WRT300n v1, and i think 1.1 is supported now too...

MarcLister · 26-04-2008, 16:43

Cheers Alex. And a print server in there as well?

Burble · 26-04-2008, 18:42

No print server and no ADSL modem either so you'd need an ethernet ADSL modem too. It's a real shame that the ADSL Linksys routers are crap

MarcLister · 26-04-2008, 18:42

Meh I'd like an all-in-one.

25-04-2008, 15:20	#21
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I was tempted by the GL, but i managed to get hold of a v1 GS which has twice as much RAM and flash memory, probably not necessary but i wasn't sure how bloated some of the firmware was or how slow it would be... __________________

26-04-2008, 00:54	#23
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	How is svesoft, i paid for it for my other router but then realised i had the only version NO-ONE supports Heres to hoping one day (thats over now though )! So technically i think i've still got an account to download a version for this router... __________________

26-04-2008, 13:21	#25
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I do like the real time AJAXy stuff tomato comes with, for something free its pretty nice looking and easy to configure One thing i'm not getting is the QoS in tomato is it the same with all the others? Its not "much" of a QoS all it really does it throttle things indefinitely according to whatever layer7 or ip address i give it. I don't want to do this, i want some kind of priority system, so if port 80/Voip traffic appears the router cuts back on expendable nntp/p2p downloads etc... Otherwise i might as well just hardware set my nntp downloaded to a 60% or whatever permanently it wouldnt really make a difference... Also tomato and others seem to be missing VPN passthrough, or any VPN options? Bit strange... __________________

26-04-2008, 16:05	#26
MarcLister Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Leighton Buzzard Posts: 1,282	This thread has been hijacked! Keep calm and no-one dies! Say I wanted to move from BT Internet to Be for up to 24Meg compared to 6.5 now and have a nice secure router with QOS (brother and I share the line and we need to keep our half of the connection to ourselves) and wireless and perhaps even a wireless print server ability for my Mum on my laptop for when she prints work stuff off, what Draytek would I be looking at? Don't mind paying up to £200 potentially if the router will be very secure, wireless, allow me to split line 50:50 between me and lil bro or even three ways to let Mum have some, print wirelessly etc and have some spare ethernet ports on the back so I can run a switch in my room so I could set up a mini network in my room and copy files between PC without affecting the whole network between me and lil bro. __________________ Website (sod all on there!) \| MSN \| Email

26-04-2008, 16:40	#27
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	The router i posted above i think has the potential to do this, physically split say 45 - 45 -10 and it only costs £50 (at tops). WRT54GL (any version as its designed for linux) or WRT54GS upto version 5 i think, and WRT54G up to about version 5/6ish... Or for N networking WRT300n v1, and i think 1.1 is supported now too... __________________

25-04-2008, 22:08	#22
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Hmm. I may have to investigate this Tomato business. I'm currently a Sveasoft user since the non-free days.

26-04-2008, 08:57	#24
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Sveasoft is good, but it isn't good enough to warrant being paid for when Tomato is free. Also it doesn't have the very neat bandwidth monitor that Tomato has (well, it didn't last time I used it). Also the support forums are inhabited by some complete and utter :****er:s who seem to relish in being tossers. The UI in Sveasoft is a lot more polished but that's the only thing it beats Tomato on from what I remember.

26-04-2008, 16:43	#28
MarcLister Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Leighton Buzzard Posts: 1,282	Cheers Alex. And a print server in there as well? __________________ Website (sod all on there!) \| MSN \| Email

26-04-2008, 18:42	#29
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	No print server and no ADSL modem either so you'd need an ethernet ADSL modem too. It's a real shame that the ADSL Linksys routers are crap

26-04-2008, 18:42	#30
MarcLister Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Leighton Buzzard Posts: 1,282	Meh I'd like an all-in-one. __________________ Website (sod all on there!) \| MSN \| Email