Helvensteijn.com » network http://helvensteijn.com The glass is neither half full nor half empty; It is simply oversized Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:14:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New router http://helvensteijn.com/2008/03/30/new-router/ http://helvensteijn.com/2008/03/30/new-router/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:45:45 +0000 Colin Helvensteijn http://macbook.local/wordpress/?p=105 Read more]]> 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:

a picture of a Linksys WRT54GL wireless broadband router

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.

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