Re: [tlug] [OT] Home Internet router reccomendations

[Kyle Hasegawa <kylehase@example.com>]

Jon Povey wrote:
> I just signed up for NTT/OCN Hikari internet, and need to find myself a 
> router. I thought I'd double check / get some opinions rather than going 
> with the one they offered me (a Buffalo Airstation WZR-HP-G300NH for 
> 10800 yen).
>
> It looks like the connection is by Ethernet from the provider into the 
> router, is that right? If there are any different standards between 
> providers then I'd welcome any warnings.
>
> Am after something with a wifi AP and 4 or so ethernet connections for 
> client machines, does DHCP, NAT, the usual. Something that does UPnP, 
> static NAT mappings and static DHCP reservations would be good. An 
> English language admin interface option would be a major bonus too..
>
> Other bonus options would be the ability to connect from the outside 
> world and wake-on-lan my PC, and hardware that can run OpenWRT.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions, "I have an xyz and it works fine" are welcomed.
>
>   
Jon,

OCN Hikari connections use PPPoE (Ethernet) from the modem to your 
router/PC so using a third party router shouldn't be a problem.  The 
features you require are fairly standard in off-the-shelf consumer 
routers with the exception of English UI.  I've always resorted to using 
Firefox + rikaichan when configuring Japanese routers.

I went with a Linksys WRT310N because it was one of the only wireless N 
gigabit routers to fully support DD-WRT.  Besides the requirements you 
mention, DD-WRT adds a ton of other geeky features like OpenVPN, SSH, 
and DNS servers as well as traffic shaping and logging.

Unfortunately it's not available in Japan.  I had to mine from the US 
but it was well worth the wait.

Kyle