Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:37:18 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Bryan H." <lists@galador.org> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router Message-ID: <40A5C7D6-5D50-49C4-B970-69FE7363336B@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimQs-EY34gvNChegegr01gD5xkDKg@mail.gmail.com> References: <BLU0-SMTP822D4E4CF029F1BA9770C993A40@phx.gbl> <BANLkTindDGJ4JxBzgjY434LY%2B15ywU0Maw@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP20121C52B6CB6F4D37FE7ED93A40@phx.gbl> <BANLkTikS6mFSnrJf0xsThg8s7cAhP1VLhw@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTikrEXmYQOK49urePOCe1hzEn33aKA@mail.gmail.com> <60C3CE39-D3EC-488E-94E4-98191F1F6CAA@mac.com> <BANLkTimQs-EY34gvNChegegr01gD5xkDKg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi-- On Apr 8, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Bryan H. wrote: > Ah, I was unaware that it had been discontinued, perhaps that's the > reason for the (relatively) low cost. ;-) Yes, although a new E2100L is much than $20 more than the refurb'ed 160NL. > As for dd-wrt, I personally find the extra features (like the built-in > OpenVPN client and the xbox-kaid) to be useful for my own personal > needs. Indeed, although having the option to use dd-wrt (or openwrt) is helpful if the vendor is slow to update their stock firmware in the case of a significant bug or security issue. > If the stock firmware fills your needs, then there's no reason you > would *have* to flash with a third-party firmware. Although, flashing > that particular model was, in my experience, about as obtrusive as it > would have been flashing the router with an updated firmware from the > manufacturer. Very easy to do. Agreed. I flashed mine with both the lasted vendor firmware and dd-wrt version to compare and saved a working config from each, but I'm currently running with the vendor's version for now. I have a FreeBSD box configured as the DMZ host which does dyndns updates and used to do OpenVPN. The first I'm still using, the second I don't need to, but if I did, I'd probably move to having the router do it with the dd-wrt firmware instead. Regards, -- -Chuck
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