Great Performing Router

[Reznik Akime]

Currently, I have a WRT54G with DDWRT on it. Reading on Intel's nice PCIe nics, I was wondering if there were any routers that would perform better than the WRT I have. Wanna say my wrt is a V7, can't remember though.

More or less an idle curiosity. Giagbit would eventually be nice as I plan on migrating to some sort of file server/network storage

[Gogeta]

Do you really need a gigabit router? Most Linksys/Netgear/Dlink products simply integrate a 4-5 port switch which is something you can add to your current network for much less money. I also use DDWRT on a WRT54G, but have a Netgear GS105 GbE switch connected to one of the router's integrated 10/100 switch ports. The GS105 is ~$50, supports jumbo frames and has auto-sensing uplink detection which eliminates the need for a crossover cable. However, you might want to consider a switch with more than 5 ports if you plan on hosting a fast RAID array on your fileserver in the future. With a fast disk subsystem and a decent processor, gigabit throughput becomes the bottleneck very quickly - this is where extra switch ports and NIC bonding come to the rescue. At this level, you may find yourself suddenly gazing at HP Procurve switches, particularly the 1800 series. And I agree, Intel PCIe NICs currently stand in their own category.

[Reznik Akime]

Do you really need a gigabit router? Most Linksys/Netgear/Dlink products simply integrate a 4-5 port switch which is something you can add to your current network for much less money. I also use DDWRT on a WRT54G, but have a Netgear GS105 GbE switch connected to one of the router's integrated 10/100 switch ports. The GS105 is ~$50, supports jumbo frames and has auto-sensing uplink detection which eliminates the need for a crossover cable. However, you might want to consider a switch with more than 5 ports if you plan on hosting a fast RAID array on your fileserver in the future. With a fast disk subsystem and a decent processor, gigabit throughput becomes the bottleneck very quickly - this is where extra switch ports and NIC bonding come to the rescue. At this level, you may find yourself suddenly gazing at HP Procurve switches, particularly the 1800 series. And I agree, Intel PCIe NICs currently stand in their own category.

Thats all a bit ambitious at the moment for my sake. However, the sad part is that I can truthfully see myself getting like that once I get started.

This switch with more than fife port thing. This is for nic bonding?

[Gogeta]

Thats all a bit ambitious at the moment for my sake. However, the sad part is that I can truthfully see myself getting like that once I get started.

This switch with more than fife port thing. This is for nic bonding?


The same thing happened to me. As soon as I migrated all of my data to a dedicated server, the "bug" expanded across the network :D.

Yes, you would only need a switch with more than 5 ports if you plan on accommodating more than 2 computers, each with bonded/teamed NICs - two switch ports for each computer with the last port occupied as a router uplink.