I saw this hot deal (a DLink DIR-836L Wireless N750 Dual Band Gigabit Router, 4 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Ports under US $16 -- after a $10 Adorama mail -in rebate). S/H will ONLY be free if total order is $49. So, either get two units (which rebate allows) or pay for S/H ($6.90). Anyway, I searched through Google and did not find more information that has been mentioned in this link, i.e. Ralink RT6856 CPU (clock?), Mini PCI slots, but no RAM/FLASH capacity. I wonder if its Mini PCI slots has already been preoccupied by a WiFi board or is still available. If it is still available and with plenty of RAM, I think this router can be a good candidate to hack into a very inexpensive NAS by adding a Mini PCI SATA board. What do you all think? https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24489#msg-24489 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 02:53:02 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24585#msg-24585 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24585#msg-24585
And a Gigabit LAN to a switch with 100Mbps router, the switch part is vaguely comparable to an Interstate highway with a ramp leading to a 25 Mph street (Welcome to Router Town). I'm not sure if packets get lost and recreated, or the packets bounce back and forth on the Interstate, but it doesn't change the Interstate and the 25 MPH sign is enforced.

Don't feel bad, I test a LAN product for a respected company and only learned this a year ago! Fortunately it's fine on 100Mbps network as well, so I didn't notice.

This all begs a solution that's easy, some LAN traffic analyzer that I'm currently unaware of. In addition I don't know what happens to Jumbo frames at some point in the LAN > Internet gateway, but it's spiffier when the whole LAN is 9K or thereabouts.

Overall I've been a workstation guy for decades and actually avoided networking because a computer is like a milk jug, and I don't want dirty strangers drinking off it LOL]]> JoeyPogoPlugE02 Off-Topic Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:21:50 -0600 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24584#msg-24584 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24584#msg-24584 habibie Off-Topic Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:02:10 -0600 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24583#msg-24583 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24583#msg-24583 OpenWRT and I managed to use for a few years as my PBX System (running on a vanilla asterisk) until I got a Seagate DockStar. It had been solidly serving my VoIP needs.

BTW, I wasn't aware of internal speed gets dropped to 100 Mbps if the WAN connection drops to 100 Mbps. I reckon this probably explains why the transfer speed from my Linux desktop computer to my Seagate GoFLEX Home through an 8-port giga switch can only sustain 4 MBps (~32 Mbps).]]> habibie Off-Topic Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:01:10 -0600 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24565#msg-24565 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24565#msg-24565
Tough call; if you do decide to pounce, at least someone else (me) has a D-link, and I'm happy with mine. But we can't run 3rd party firmware (that I know of).]]> JoeyPogoPlugE02 Off-Topic Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:12:33 -0600 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24550#msg-24550 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24550#msg-24550 habibie Off-Topic Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:11:07 -0600 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24496#msg-24496 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24496#msg-24496
No, don't get it. For $50 elsewhere you can get one great(er) router that will accept OpenWRT and/or DD-WRT.

It's your decision, and right now before Thanksgiving is that sweet spot for low prices between now and Black Friday week. Because whatever you get for $50 now, you'll get a spare for cheap down the road.

Either way you're looking at pros and cons. Pros rock :-)]]> JoeyPogoPlugE02 Off-Topic Sat, 07 Nov 2015 12:40:54 -0600 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24489#msg-24489 https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?8,24489,24489#msg-24489 DLink DIR-836L Wireless N750 Dual Band Gigabit Router, 4 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Ports under US $16 -- after a $10 Adorama mail -in rebate). S/H will ONLY be free if total order is $49. So, either get two units (which rebate allows) or pay for S/H ($6.90). Anyway, I searched through Google and did not find more information that has been mentioned in this link, i.e. Ralink RT6856 CPU (clock?), Mini PCI slots, but no RAM/FLASH capacity. I wonder if its Mini PCI slots has already been preoccupied by a WiFi board or is still available. If it is still available and with plenty of RAM, I think this router can be a good candidate to hack into a very inexpensive NAS by adding a Mini PCI SATA board. What do you all think?]]> habibie Off-Topic Sat, 07 Nov 2015 05:55:34 -0600