Dave 436 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 My first health alert in Windows Home Server 2011 and it was due to the DIR-655. It lost connection with it or something and thinks port forwarding is not configured. That's the last straw for me and my trusty 655. I need to start shopping a new router. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 436 Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 I wonder if it's time for pfSense and unTangle? It would be nice to be able to login and see if there was a bandwidth hog on the network. Link to post Share on other sites
pcdoc 114 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 That was going t o be my suggestion. Running Untangle since March and loving it. Small growing pains but definitely worth it. Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Either that or a Linksys WRT54GL loaded with the Tomato software. You will be pleasantly surprised of how much you can boost the wireless signal strength. Link to post Share on other sites
texasPI 6 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) I love the tomato firmware. I boosted wireless transmission and I get a great signal everywhere in my home. I haven't figured out if it supports guest access point though. I must try pfense and/or untangle. Looks like a fun project. Edited July 12, 2011 by texasPI Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 436 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Honestly, I don't need my router to be wireless. I have access points scattered around the house. I need a good router first, wireless is completely secondary. I just need to do the untangle thing or get a nice used sonicwall or cisco. Something like that. Geez, I have an old cisco router but it's only 10/100. Not even sure if it boots up anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I vote for the UT....... Link to post Share on other sites
foy1der 0 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Router doesn't need to be gigabit. Its passing 30 Mbps tops. Just put all your gear on a gigabit switch. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 436 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Router doesn't need to be gigabit. Its passing 30 Mbps tops. Just put all your gear on a gigabit switch. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk Good point. Link to post Share on other sites
tojoski 3 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) Mine constantly complains that the router isn't configured correctly regardless of what router I use and ports I forward. I've just ignored the alerts.. Edited July 13, 2011 by tojoski Link to post Share on other sites
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