[lug] Home wireless router recommendations
Simos
blug at chinesetearoom.com
Mon Sep 7 12:22:12 MDT 2015
Hello all,
I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless router for my home. I bought a
Linksys WRT54GL a couple of years ago with the intention of installing one of
the many Linux-based firmware flavors available but never got around to it.
My requirements are pretty basic:
- A decent configurable firewall with remote logging capabilities. For example,
I should be able to block my kids from watching YouTube in the middle of the
night from their tablets.
- It should be secure, with some sort of notification or site to check when new
firmware releases or security updates come out. The main thing that turned me
off of DD-WRT, Tomato, etc. is that you have to constantly go hunting on forums
to find the right release for your router, new security updates, and so on.
- It can run either "commercial" or free firmware - I have no preference as long
as it's stable. I have decades of Linux/Unix experience, so complexity is not an
issue. I don't have any huge wireless performance requirements either.
- Hopefully it should cost less than $100, but that's the least of my concerns.
Any recommendations would be appreciated - thanks in advance!
Regards,
Simos
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