[TriLUG] linksys WRT54g v.5

[Jason Tower]

they definitely can't handle large amounts of throughput.  i had a v5 
sitting in front of a server at my colo (i needed a quick fix), and it would 
reset tcp connections when the traffic spiked above a certain level.  but 
for home use where you'll probably never see anything above 6mb/s it's 
probably fine.

incidently i replaced the v5 with a linux firewall running on a k6-300, it 
handles the high traffic bursts just fine.  someone theorized that it was 
the lack of buffers on the wrt ethernet interfaces that makes them conk out 
under load.

jason

Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> Two-part question:
> 
> I've heard that the v.5 WRTs have a nasty habit of resetting if you're
> doing something like voip. I'm wondering (1) if this happens with just
> normal home use. I'm looking here for responses from people with
> direct experience with v.5 WRTs.
> 
> (2) For putting Linux (dd-wrt) on a v.5, any gotchas or caveats? Is
> this a good walkthrough:
> http://www.bitsum.com/openwiking/owbase/ow.asp?WRT54G5%5FCFE#h6 ?
> 
> TIA,
> CMP
>