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| Thread ID: 128882 | 2013-01-21 21:53:00 | Want a router for gargoyle but don't need wireless | wratterus (105) | Press F1 |
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| 1324050 | 2013-01-21 21:53:00 | What would be the recommended beast? I know I'll end up with a wireless router (which I'll just disable the wireless on) but I don't need that gigabit TP-Link thing. :p Is there a cheaper router that would do the job here? I purely want it for the QOS, that's all. Can gargoyle run with a modem (like the single port draytek) in half-bridge mode? That would be the ideal setup here, not keen on dual NAT. Thanks. :thumbs: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1324051 | 2013-01-21 22:05:00 | Yes, but that part is determined by the router. The Linksys AM300 does half-bridging, the Draytek DV120 does PPPoA -> PPPoE Passthru, so what happens is you setup your Gargoyle router to do the WAN connection as "PPPoE" and it's what authenticates. You can get a cheaper 1-port TP-Link AP, but it's only a couple of bucks cheaper, and the latest few models of it use some funky SoC that isn't compatible or supported by Gargoyle, so I'd personally just stick with one that works. On top of that, the hardware in it is faster, more RAM, more flash space, and so you're less likely to run into any form of troubles going forward into the future if you ever move to a faster connection etc... I found that when I had the WRT54GL running newer Gargoyle builds (Older builds were a bit better) that it wasn't able to keep up with the throughput on a 100mbps connection, it'd usually only get around 1/3 of that. The TP-Link however blitzed through it without a worry. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1324052 | 2013-01-21 22:12:00 | Fair enough -the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND? it is. Would your preference be the linksys or the draytek? | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1324053 | 2013-01-21 23:09:00 | Yup that one, they're fantastic! Check my blog though for install instructions, they modified the bootloader on some of the Tl-WR1043ND devices and the WAN port breaks if you don't update it in a certain way... I like the AM300 coz it means you can login to it still and check the DSL sync stats. You don't seem to be able to get that on the DV120, however the DV120 is arguably more reliable (If only by a little). The AM300 seems to be end-of-life and unavailable for the better part. I've been using the DV120 before I switched to VDSL2, they're solid little buggers!! Never had a better device! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1324054 | 2013-01-21 23:13:00 | Did you confirm if v1.9 of the 1043ND works with Gargoyle chill? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1324055 | 2013-01-21 23:26:00 | AFAIK yes, but it's been a while, would have to double-check the numbers... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1324056 | 2013-01-21 23:29:00 | Reason im asking all these questions about the 1043nd is because i need gargoyle and my 1043n does not run it afaik | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1324057 | 2013-01-21 23:34:00 | Since when doesn't it run it? You tried? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1324058 | 2013-01-21 23:36:00 | I have not tried because i thought the only one that could was the ND not just the D? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1324059 | 2013-01-22 00:04:00 | I'm not entirely sure what the differences are to be honest? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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