[ILUG] OpenWRT or DD-WRT

[Cian Cullinan]

I've heard good things about Tomato as well: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Haven't played around with it yet, but I plan to next week when my new
router arrives.
I'd agree with you on OpenWRT vs DD-WRT. I've used both, and the first
is great when you need that level of control, but the latter is much
simpler to get setup and running.


On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:
> I want to replace an existing AP with a Linksys WRT54GL (hence my earlier
> post looking for one - no joy there, so I'll pick up a new one - they're
> inexpensive anyway) running an open firmware.  I had initially intended to
> use OpenWRT (largely because it's the one I had heard more about) but on
> reading more now, it seems that DD-WRT may be a better choice for me.
>
> OpenWRT seems to be a very flexible solution, allowing you to build an
> embedded system which does exactly what you want, but requiring some work to
> decide what exactly THAT is. DD-WRT OTOH seems to be more focussed on just
> making a better and more configurable AP out of the hardware, which is more
> or less what I want to do (the rationale for replacing the existing AP is
> that it's flaky, requiring regular reboots, and if I can also squeeze a
> little more range out of the replacement device, that'd be nice too).
>
> Opinions?
>
>
> Niall
>
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