Asus RT-N16 Wireless N Gigabit USB Router / NAS (best for DD-WRT / Open WRT / Tomato) £71.96 @ Currys + 3% Quidco
This is the cheapest place I've found this online at the moment. Going for £90 on ebay. Enter code NWRK10 for 10% off at checkout (final stage, after signing in), and don't forget 3% quidco - voucher listed on quidco site as compatible.
If you're buying this you'll probably know what it's about, but this is the best router to run custom firmware on - custom firmware jam packed with options :) It has a fast processor, lots of RAM and two USB ports, and is easy to upgrade to a customised mini linux system that lets you do all sorts of funky things.
As far as traditional specs go, it's 300mb wireless N, 4 gigabit ethernet ports, and the stock firmware comes with lots of options anyway for the USB ports - run it as a NAS box or print server etc. For Tomato / DD WRT or Open WRT it's simply the best all round router you can get :)
It doesn't have a modem, you can put your existing modem router in bridging mode to connect with this (which is what I'm doing), or use an ethernet ADSL modem. If you are on cable (Virgin) you just plug your virgin modem into this. Random specs:
Ethernet Ports = WAN x 1 RJ-45 for 10/100/1000 Base T, LAN x 4 RJ-45 for 10/100/1000 Base T
Antennas = 3 x external detachable antennas
USB ports = USB2.0 x 2
WiFi Operating Frequency = 2.4GHz ~ 2.5GHz
802.11n Draft = up to 300Mbps
802.11g = 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps
802.11b = 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps
Unit RAM = 128 MB (2x 64MB - Samsung K4N511163QZ-HC25 or 2x 64MB - Samsung K4T51163QG-HCE6)
Unit Flash = 32 MB (MACRONIX MX29GL256EHTI2I-90Q)
Unit CPU = Broadcom4718A, 533 MHz (Factory clocked to 480MHz)
Unit Switch Chip = Broadcom BCM53115SKFBG
Color of LEDs = Blue
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Jump to unread Post a CommentLooks like a good deal, on a crap website.
Ah, maybe it's because there's no home delivery or reserve and collect available on it. OOS I guess
Edited By: Les Alanos on May 31, 2011 17:30
Edit: Ordered one! Thanks
Edited By: Tam2 on Jun 06, 2011 01:06: Ordered
Will be putting TomatoUSB on it when it arrives.
Both TomatoUSB and DD-WRT have a lot more features than the standard firmware. DD-WRT has more features than Tomato, but these extra features are never really needed to be used for even quite complicated home networks. These clutter the configuration pages in DD-WRT and make it a bit more complicated to make changes in the DD-WRT configuration pages. Where as TomatoUSB has all of the features that 99.9% of home networks would need and the user interface is a lot easier and straightforward to use (without losing any functionality over dd-wrt for the vast majority of people).
Hope this helps :)
I dont want 2 boxes though which is how things would be if i got this :(