Hey from the UK.

I am having some real trouble picking a router to buy (my last one was a lemon and is going int he bin ASAP)

I need
1. DSL (ADSL ADSL2 - UK)
2. wifi (With WPA2)
3. a MIN of 2 ethernet ports (any more is a big plus)
4. something which openwrt is not going to just dump/give up on over night

I need all of the above, i need a fully working package.
I turn to openwrt for this! (I can not understand how all these main stream companies push out so much complete rubbish and openwrt can blow them away!)

I find the wiki very very hard to navigate, i have spent countless hours (Over the last few years!) browsing it in the hopes to find something suitable.

Our setup consists of about 5 wireless clients and currently 2 wired clients.

I am willing to listen to all options!

Please if you reply, reply with
1. Suggested router model
2. Confirm adsl + wpa2 wifi works
3. Why you think i should pick it over X Y or indeed Z
4. Downsides/upsides

Thanks guys, hopefully i will be on openwrt by the end of the week!

No one any input at all?
Did i post in the wrong section?

The problem is that an AR7 based router is probably your only option, but the wifi on AR7 routers is based on a TNETWxxxx chip that uses the acx driver.  It's not in the vanilla kernel, and the last time I tried it it either did not work at all, or it crashed the router requiring a power cycle.  It was a while ago, so I'm sure they have made lots of progress.  I'm not sure it works in anything but client mode, though.

You're probably better off getting a cheap ADSL modem and a separate Wifi router supported by OpenWrt.  Set up the OpenWrt router to connect through the ADSL modem using PPPoE.

(Just my opinion.)

And mine too

It's the wifi that gets you.  AR7 DSL works great.

Here's a partial list of devices: http://wiki.openwrt.org/CategoryDslModems

PLEASE help and expand the list.  If you know of an unlisted device, go to that device's page, and add "CategoryDslModems" at the bottom.

thank you for spelling that out to me, i was not able to gather that info from the wiki alone!

So no adsl + wifi for me.

I think i will get something stand alone for wifi then, perhaps a new topic is needed.

What i now need:
1. wifi (With WPA2)
2. something which openwrt is not going to just dump/give up on over night
3. low power if possible?

Is fon going to be my cheapest choice now?

What about the Linksys WAG354G?  It seems to do 802.11 and ADSL2+.  The thing that's holding me back from buying one is the lack of USB.  (I've not found anything that has 802.11, ADSL2+ and USB all in the same unit).

How well are USB ADSL modems supported?  At the moment I have a WRT54GL doing PPPoE to a Dlink ADSL router, but the ADSL router draws quite a lot of power (22 watts!) and I really wanted to replace the whole setup with a single box - the problem is that I'd like a USB port, so maybe a 802.11 router with USB and a separate USB ADSL dongle is the answer...

There is no wifi on these AR7 devices as the kind people said.

They suggest buying a single unit just for wifi, but yes downside is going to be power. Full blown laptops can use less than 22watts!

Ah, I hadn't realised it was an AR7 device.  So what about an ADSL-less device and a USB ADSL modem?