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Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:14 pm
by luniq
I just upgraded my internet from 32mb to 100mb. My router wndr3700 was running fine at 32mb but at 100mb the interface slows down and the loads are high, 3.95 / 3.02 / 1.74 (1/5/15 minutes). So im looking for a better replacement for wndr3700 to get the best out of my internet.
Is it possible to use pc as a router? I built a nas with more horsepower than it needs, if i can use as a router, i can save some money.
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:20 pm
by ispyisail
Is it possible to use pc as a router? I built a nas with more horsepower than it needs, if i can use as a router, i can save some money.
Most likely but its an advanced topic and not plug and play
I myself would go down the "ubnt RS Pro" path
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:16 pm
by luniq
I see the cpu is the same as wndr3700, the difference is it can be overclocked. Is it also possible to overclock wndr3700?
Can i ask which new routers will be supported on the next gargoyle release?
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:44 pm
by DoesItMatter
luniq wrote:
Can i ask which new routers will be supported on the next gargoyle release?
Check out OpenWRT supported hardware and their forums.
Gargoyle is using OpenWRT underneath.
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:44 pm
by luniq
Qos was the one that causing the high loads if anybody wants to know. Without qos the load is only 0.4 and i can get my full speed. My new line speed is stable and the line dont often get saturated so the need for qos is not too important to me. Gonna stick with my router for now but looking forward for support for high end routers such as wndr4500 and asus rt-n56u
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:49 pm
by jefman
using x86 500Mhz PC as router is the option of mine.. and currently driving gargoyle with 128mb of RAM and uses 0.00% of cpu process. but 30 watts of power drawn in my electricity..
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:41 pm
by tals
I wondered if this new Raspberry Pi would be a possible
Broadcom BCM2835. This contains an ARM1176JZFS, with floating point, running at 700Mhz
It will also have 256mb memory.
Just not sure on the logistics with using a devvide like this or a pc to do your routing?
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:17 pm
by hnl_dk
tals wrote:I wondered if this new Raspberry Pi would be a possible
Broadcom BCM2835. This contains an ARM1176JZFS, with floating point, running at 700Mhz
It will also have 256mb memory.
Just not sure on the logistics with using a devvide like this or a pc to do your routing?
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
It is not on the list of supported routers for openwrt, so I would not risk to buy it myself:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start
Re: Most powerful router with gargoyle support
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:43 pm
by tals
to be fair it's not even in production yet
The raspberry pi is a project to bring raw computing back to school children at an affordable rate, but as a result they have produced a box that at a minimum will be a very cheap media/file server but potentially could be much more - all for £30 ish!