[colug-432] splatWRT

[FiL Farris]

"I should probably check out Tomato too."

Tomato is solid and has always been a better fit for me then DD or Open
-wrt has.

I have been messing with PfSense for a while and really like it. Worth
checking out if you don't mind a extra box.
On Aug 12, 2014 12:39 PM, "Rick Troth" <rmt at casita.net> wrote:

> On 08/12/2014 09:38 AM, Scott Merrill wrote:
> > I met Dave Taht at LinuxCon a couple years back, and have been casually
> > following his work on BufferBloat.  He talks about CeroWRT pretty
> > regularly, but I've never bothered to look at it.
>
> Yeah ... I've been following him (and others) on G+, but Dave Taht only
> recently.
>
>
> > I've used OpenWRT, Tomato, and dd-wrt.  Each has strengths and
> weaknesses.
> >
> > What are the features you're looking for in a router, specifically?
>
> I should probably check out Tomato too.
>
> Had not previously paid attention to the firmware replacements and have
> used a "real" Linux box as my router/gateway for most of the past 10 or
> 15 years. But now am looking for something more appliance like, and
> looking to consolidate some functions for simplicity. [Scott has
> discussed simplicity with me off-list several times.] For example, DHCP
> is handled by a separate box ostensibly for security. But when things go
> blink in the night, there are two (at least) independent systems which
> need to come back to life.
>
> Polled COLUG mostly to hear stories. Of the three you mention (Scott),
> what interface do/did you use most often? web? shell? other? (possible
> TUI or non-web GUI) How is performance? reliability? (both long running
> and for power down/up events) Did you find or hear about any security
> issues? (embedded systems is the new hot potato for both reliability and
> security) Have you tried VPN on them?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- R; <><
>
>
>
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