The firmware made the machine --- there are other previous manufacturers (buffalo/etc) where the likes of openwrt and ddwrt were ported to as well and worked well. The list pricing on this AC model is 300$US .. yikes... that's not what the home hobby guy is looking for... I was able to pick up an AC dual-band gig router for about $80 this past year -- but -- it does not (yet) support openwrt firmware ... time will tell though :-)
Dan.
On 6 January 2014 11:53, John Lange john@johnlange.ca wrote:
Should the Linksys WRT router/firewall go into the hall of fame?
Undeniably, a lot of stuff Linksys made was crap but the WRT was not one of them. Even with it's default firmware it was a great firewall for home and small businesses. From the start it handled state tracking, NAT and packet reassembly properly making it one of the only devices around that would handle things like VOIP (credit most likely goes to it's Linux roots).
Even today many so-called high-end firewalls (e.g. Sonicwall) still can not handle a fragmented UDP packets breaking SIP over UDP.
According to this Wired article, the WRT is now back in a Gigabit version and Linksys is now publicly embracing the alternative firmwares that helped make it so popular.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/01/linksys-wrt/
I still run a WRT with the "Tomato" firmware at home and I think this device will always have a place in my personal "hall of fame".
Long live the WRT!
Regards,
John
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