Un micrologiciel personnalisé fait la loi quand il s'agit de peaufiner votre routeur. La majorité des lecteurs ayant répondu ont mis en évidence le microprogramme personnalisé de leurs routeurs et les avantages fournis. Kevin, par exemple, exploite l'intégralité de son réseau Wi-Fi étendu à l'aide de DD-WRT:
My main router is a Linksys with DD-WRT. It runs QOS, a private VPN, some port-forwarding and manages my PPPOE connection. (My DSL modem is in bridge mode and is completely passive.)
I have a couple of other Linksys/DD-WRT units that act as wireless bridges. One of them is connected to a couple of cheap Ubuntu boxes that act as network storage and do nightly, on-site back-ups of all of my data. Now, if I can just find an off-site solution that’s not too pricey.
Trevor note que DD-WRT est si populaire que Buffalo fournit des routeurs préinstallés:
I loaded DD-WRT onto my Buffalo router when I first got it and love it. Now Buffalo is shipping with DD-WRT pre-installed, giving you both great hardware and firmware right out of the box. I set mine up for remote access with DynDNS so I don’t ever have to mess around with IP addresses, and then configured all my computers and router for VNC and any other remote access I need.
Daymon, comme Kevin, utilise également des routeurs supplémentaires comme répéteurs:
I added a simple WiFi repeater in the center of my house, so the main router has a strong signal in the front part of the house, and the repeater gets that signal, and boosts it from that point giving me a good signal in the back of the house, and even out to my deck!
It’s wireless, and only needs a power source, so it can be easily hidden. I used the original router’s SSID, and just added EXT (extended) on the end, so I know which router I’m connected to at any given time.
Bien que DD-WRT ait reçu pas mal d'acquiescement, Tomate n'a pas été mal aimée. LVDave pèse avec:
One word: Tomato! I have a Linksys WRT54GL, and the difference between the stock firmware from Linksys and Tomato is like night/day.. I’ve tried DDWRT and others, and came back to Tomato. Best f/w for a Linksys router in my opinion…
Brodiemacnic aime la tomate mais souhaiterait que son développement soit plus vaste:
Over the years I have used Tomato and DD-WRT on a variety of router but mostly on Linksys WRT54G and the Asus models. I find Tomato the easiest to use and even found a custom version that supports USB on the Asus router. It woks very well for network printing but I’ve found it a little difficult to use for a shared network storage. DD-WRT is much more feature rich but you really need to know what you are doing to work with that one. I really wish Tomato supported more routers that is does. It’s really a shame that it doesn’t.
Rothbart prend toute la dimension du bricolage consistant à utiliser une ROM personnalisée à un niveau supérieur en faisant rouler son propre routeur:
I’m using Astaro Security Gateway on a dual-nic dedicated machine. It’s like a super-router/security gateway/firewall/content filter/antivirus scanner/magic widget.
And… it’s free. I just had to devote a spare machine and electricity to running it. Well worth it IMO.
Pour plus de conseils aux lecteurs, consultez le fil de commentaire original ici.
