Hi all,

What is the best router (from Netgear and Linksys routers) compatible with OpenWrt and other open source router distributions? I want to use it as a wired router. Also I need each port to be assigned to a different Ethernet (eth0, eth1, eth2, ...). Is it possible to run Bro-ids or Snort or Suricata on it?

Thank you.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/buyerguide
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start

Thank you scruffy.
I do appreciate your help if you kindly suggest the best one which you have worked on.

(Last edited by mazaheris on 18 Jul 2011, 10:44)

Since you don't find OpenWrt on http://distrowatch.com/packages.php  have a look at the repository: e.g. for ar71xx platforms and trunk: http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … s/Packages , snort is available

As for //best router//, there is none. And only few persons here, have experience with that many models. Read the buyer guide and answer what it is you want to do with it. I don't know, how much RAM and computing power snort needs and I have never heard of the other programs ;-) How much do you want to spent on it?

I compare prices here:  http://gh.de/?cat=wlanrout&sort=p&a … WRT#xf_top . It's pretty decent, although for some reasons they rather support DD-WRT instead of OpenWrt. Maybe we are not open enough?

In my experience, once you have a decent bootloader and good wireless drivers, the limited RAM is the biggest PITA factor, but this depends entirely on what software you later want to install on your router.

I would recommend the ar71xx platform and strongly recommend against broadcom.

Thanks scruffy, your post was really helpful. Based on your post, I decided to get a router with ar71xx platform and in order to make my self more confident!, currently those with AR7161 680MHz and at least 64MB ram (NETGEAR WNDR3700, Ubiquity - RouterStation Pro, Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H, D-Link DIR-825) are my candidates:)

(Last edited by mazaheris on 18 Jul 2011, 19:47)