New router
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I had some problems with my existing router, like it suddenly deciding to enter a reboot loop. Or forgetting its port forwarding rules. And other weird stuff. So I decided that it was time for something else, and ended up buying a Linksys WRT54GL. You might have seen them before, they look like this:
Linksys WRT54GL
I’ve chosen this one because it runs Linux, and most of all, because it can be flashed with 3rd party firmware, which in most cases offer a lot more functionality. After some research, I decided to try Tomato. It not only looks very nice, it also promises some interesting features.
After some failed attempts to flash the unit with its new firmware — for some reason Safari was not behaving as it should — I managed to do it using Firefox instead.
After a few more minutes of configuring everything to my needs, I left it alone. As far as I can tell after one day, it performs excellently. The near future will tell whether this little gadget will keep my network stable.