Tonight I bought a Linksys WRT54G wireless router for use at my
mom's place when I'm in town, and was pleased to discover that
this is one of the ones that runs Linux under the hood. (not
that I plan to modify it myself)
It seems really cool so far -- this one has fairly modern firmware
(v2.04.4, Aug. 3, 2004), which includes some traffic shaping stuff
I have been wanting but too lazy to set up on my own Linux boxes:
The WRT54G offers two types of Quality of Service features,
Application-based and Port-based. Choose the appropriate offering
for your needs.
Application-based Qos: You may control your bandwidth with
respect to the application that is consuming bandwidth. There are
several pre-configured applications. You may also customize up to
three applications by entering the port number they use.
Port-based QoS: You may control your bandwidth according to which
physical LAN port your device is plugged into. You may assign
High or Low priority to devices connected on LAN ports 1 through 4.
This page has tons of info about the WRT54G:
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LinksysWrt54g
Cringely wrote a column about it last May:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040527.html
[...] since the operating system is Linux and since Linksys has
respected the Linux GPL by publishing all the source code for
anyone to download for free, the WRT54G is a lot more than just a
wireless router. It is a disruptive technology.
--
Gerald Oskoboiny <
[email protected]>
http://impressive.net/people/gerald/