[c-nsp] Small, Low Power Cisco Router Recommendation

[David Hubbard]

I'd go with a DD-WRT image http://www.dd-wrt.com/ on
a good (meaning fast cpu and 64+ MB of flash mem)
home router.  It will do far more than a typical
expensive small office router for a lot less, even
things you may not think you'll need now but might
later.  I know you said no Linksys but the Cisco
E3000, aka linksys E3000, is a pretty decent box for
running dd-wrt.  I use one at home, gig ports, I
run an ipv6 tunnel to HE out of it since Verizon 
Fios doesn't seem to understand what ipv6 is, remote
management, SSH access, etc. without expensive 
software licenses.  Here's a page with some other
soho router options that are equally good for ddwrt:

https://www.flashrouters.com/blog/2011/06/13/recommendations-of-best-rou
ters-for-using-and-installing-ddwrt-open-source-firmware/

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Rusty Dekema
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:22 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Small, Low Power Cisco Router Recommendation
> 
> Hmm. Of the options presented so far, this Mikrotik RB750 
> sounds the most
> promising.
> 
> I've found that Linksys products have a tendency to partially 
> or completely
> fail on a regular basis for no apparent reason. The Cisco 
> 819, however, is
> far too expensive for this penny-ante project.
> 
> The Cisco 806, on the other hand, looks great, especially for 
> the 1mbit
> application. Is there another Cisco router like that but with 10/100
> Ethernet ports? If so, that would probably be the ideal. 
> [I'll be buying
> these on eBay anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's EOL. And 
> at prices like
> this, one can afford a spare or two...]
> 
> Thanks again,
> Rusty D
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Roy <r.engehausen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Mikrotik :-)  The RB750 will do it
> >
> >
> > On 7/19/2012 5:19 PM, Rusty Dekema wrote:
> >
> >> Good evening,
> >>
> >> This question is a bit far afield for this list, but I 
> need a reliable,
> >> quiet-or-silent, low-power-consumption Cisco router with 
> two 10 or 10/100
> >> Ethernet ports. All they need to do is do a default route 
> with NAT between
> >> the Ethernet interfaces. One of them will only have to 
> handle 1 mbit (max)
> >> of traffic; the other could receive traffic bursts up to 
> 30 mbit, although
> >> it would still be acceptable if it can only push 10-15mbit.
> >>
> >> Low cost, quiet/silent operation, and low power consumption are the
> >> primary
> >> requirements here. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Rusty D
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