[aklug] Re: Routers that have DHCP reservation enabled

* techno curmudgeon <technocurmudgeon@gmail.com> [120522 09:19]:
> Almost everything currently available will do static mac->ip
> assignment via DHCP these days.
>
> If you are going to replace a router, there are lots of firmware out there.
>
> dd-wrt is popular, though I got kind of ticked off at what I regarded
> at the time as his sort of deceptive letter-but-not-the-spirit
> adherence to the GPL, so I abandoned dd-wrt years ago.
>
> I use tomato and tomato-usb a lot, but it only works on some broadcom
> based units. Pay attention to the HCL. But it has worked flawlessly
> and unattended in multiple locations for me for years.
>
> Of course, there is openwrt. Openwrt is good and I've gotten a lot of
> mileage out of openwrt. I have in general found it to be not as solid
> or operationally stable as tomato. Be aware that there are issues
> with PPPOE between the zhone DSL modems ACS uses and openwrt; they
> don't work or play well together. I determined that it was the zhone
> modems, but not any of the other modems (Nortel, for instance) that
> ACS uses. Other folks have reported similar problems with other ISPs,
> but not enough to really do anything serious to try to fix it.
 I have MTASolutions with a zhone DSL modem. So that was good to
 know.
  Thanks
> As far as actual routers, pay close attention to the HCL for whatever
> firmware you decide to use. For openwrt, I've settled on the
> Trendlink 1043ND unless I want 5GHz (an), in which case I use Netgear
> WNDR3700. I've had very good luck with Buffalo also, and pretty good
> luck with Asus. Be sure and get the max memory, both flash and ram.
>
> Hope this helps.
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