[Noisebridge-discuss] WiFi router for the cool kids?

[Andy Isaacson]

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:09:28PM -0700, Bob Eastbrook wrote:
> My Netgear N600 WiFi router has served me faithfully, but lately has
> been having problems.  Time to replace it.  I keep it behind a pfSense
> firewall, which I love.
> 
> I'm looking for recommendations.  I could just get a new WiFi access
> point and keep pfSense around, or I could consolidate everything into
> one device.  I'd love to have something which made setting up a SSL
> VPN a cinch.  I'm also into traffic graphs.
> 
> I looked at access points from Buffalo which came with DD-WRT
> installed, but they don't have great reviews when it comes to WiFi
> performance.  I love the idea of having DD-WRT pre-installed though.
> 
> What are the rest of you guys using these days?

I'm using a Linksys EA2700 with the stock firmware.  Apparently Tomato
runs on it but I haven't bothered.  Much better wifi performance, and
much much better performance/power ratio, than a wrt54.

-andy