I have it working well now - Hoo-friggin-ray!!!
I am a linux user and believer in open source software, it's free and well supported.
I was using PFSense firewall for QoS for VoIP, it was quite good, though it meant leaving a PC on basically 24/7, it was an old box I had lying around 333 MHz celeron, I think it barely had the processing power to do the job at hand. Also it was costing money to run it.
Nevertheless it worked quite well and enabled me a brief foray into the BSD world and how things work.
I had often heard about this amazing Router while browsing techy forums it was the LinkSYS WRT54GL, (note the "L" on the end this is important). This router runs on Linux firmware and is highly configurable and "hackable" in the good sense of the term.
I got some dollars together and took the plunge, I purchased it online from JMG Technology (they are a pleasure to deal with) Jason the owner is a regular on the Whirlpool forums and has written some great guides to help you set up the products that you can buy from him, he knows his stuff!
It's amazing that I still have my old Netcomm NB1300 plus 4 and it is still going strong, it is my first ever ADSL modem well it lives in bridge mode these days and has done for quite a while now (since PFSense) but is still going fine for what I need it for. I don't have an ADSL2+ enabled exchange so I won't upgrade the NB1300 till it carks it.
You can get ADSL2+ modems that will suit what I use it as for about $40 AUD these days.
Anyway what was I talking about?
Oh yes QoS and VoIP, the WRT54GL is bloody amazing, specially if you like to tinker with stuff, but having said that it does a decent job out of the box anyway. The WRT54GL though can do so much more when you really get into it.
As soon as it arrived I took it out of the box, connected it and replaced the firmware, WARRANTY VOIDED within 30 mins of having it lmao.
I first tried the very excellent dd-wrt firmware, but I wanted more well not more but better for what I needed anyway.
Enter Tomato so far this has been the best firmware for VoIP and QoS I have tried. I can be downloading Linux ISOs via Bittorrent full bore and I can still get clear calls, it is the "Holy Grail" It has many more features that I am still learning about, but QoS is working very well, I will no doubt continue to tweak the WRT54GL but that's cool I enjoy messing things up and starting again.
In fact I will probably buy another unit to do some hardware hacks on, the possibilities seem to be endless with this unit!
I will write more about this in the future.
I was using PFSense firewall for QoS for VoIP, it was quite good, though it meant leaving a PC on basically 24/7, it was an old box I had lying around 333 MHz celeron, I think it barely had the processing power to do the job at hand. Also it was costing money to run it.
Nevertheless it worked quite well and enabled me a brief foray into the BSD world and how things work.
I had often heard about this amazing Router while browsing techy forums it was the LinkSYS WRT54GL, (note the "L" on the end this is important). This router runs on Linux firmware and is highly configurable and "hackable" in the good sense of the term.
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I got some dollars together and took the plunge, I purchased it online from JMG Technology (they are a pleasure to deal with) Jason the owner is a regular on the Whirlpool forums and has written some great guides to help you set up the products that you can buy from him, he knows his stuff!
It's amazing that I still have my old Netcomm NB1300 plus 4 and it is still going strong, it is my first ever ADSL modem well it lives in bridge mode these days and has done for quite a while now (since PFSense) but is still going fine for what I need it for. I don't have an ADSL2+ enabled exchange so I won't upgrade the NB1300 till it carks it.
You can get ADSL2+ modems that will suit what I use it as for about $40 AUD these days.
Anyway what was I talking about?
Quality of Service
Oh yes QoS and VoIP, the WRT54GL is bloody amazing, specially if you like to tinker with stuff, but having said that it does a decent job out of the box anyway. The WRT54GL though can do so much more when you really get into it.
As soon as it arrived I took it out of the box, connected it and replaced the firmware, WARRANTY VOIDED within 30 mins of having it lmao.
I first tried the very excellent dd-wrt firmware, but I wanted more well not more but better for what I needed anyway.
Enter Tomato so far this has been the best firmware for VoIP and QoS I have tried. I can be downloading Linux ISOs via Bittorrent full bore and I can still get clear calls, it is the "Holy Grail" It has many more features that I am still learning about, but QoS is working very well, I will no doubt continue to tweak the WRT54GL but that's cool I enjoy messing things up and starting again.
In fact I will probably buy another unit to do some hardware hacks on, the possibilities seem to be endless with this unit!
I will write more about this in the future.
