<traeak>
i have an asus rtn6 sitting here and it's definitely underpowered for what i need
<arokux2>
sorry, 50, with 1 usb port
<traeak>
rtn16
<arokux2>
TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND
<traeak>
i stuck an ftp server on the asus rtn16 and it only sustains about 2-3MB/s on gigabit
<arokux2>
was thinking of buying it, flashing with open-wrt and attaching a hard drive to it
<traeak>
checking if it even has support for dd-wrt or whatever
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<traeak>
i have a drive attached to my rtn16 at the moment
<jelly-home>
arokux2: a wr842nd runs openwrt well and deals with usb storage and usb 3g modem; I don't need gigabit for it but I'm not sure the SoC in WR1043ND would be good enough to read from disk and push gigabit speeds out at the same time
<arokux2>
traeak, strange, yours have better specs in terms of cpu/ram
<arokux2>
traeak, so strange it is so slow
<arokux2>
jelly-home, you need gigabit speeds? :) my internet connection is 25Mbps, so I do not need them
<traeak>
arokux2: because i have full gigabit pipe into here, i was making it double up for duties other than router
<jelly-home>
arokux2: it need it for local traffic, but not for outbound or inbound to them internets
<arokux2>
TL-WR1043ND should be >= wr842nd
<traeak>
basically this is at work, so demands are more than a typicaly home router
<jelly-home>
yes, but not by much
<traeak>
oh the killer
<traeak>
is transferring data *from* the router to the internal network
<arokux2>
ok, home usage in my case only
<traeak>
it can't sustain any throughput
<arokux2>
but now that you are speeaking of it... why not add 50$ and buy a device where normal linux disto could be installed.. without the need to fiddle with openwrt and the like?!
<traeak>
i have no big reason to push for something like this, just thought it interesting that the utilite mini would make a great super router
<traeak>
the dual gigabit as long as they are real gigabit
<arokux2>
jelly-home, does the power of the usb port of the router suffice for the external usb drive?
<jelly-home>
arokux2: no idea, I tried a 16GB usb stick not a HDD
<traeak>
i currently have a wall warted older usb external hooked up to the router i have here
<traeak>
although i did have a usb3 toshiba bus powered drive on there for a little bit
<traeak>
hmm
<traeak>
usb3, what grief
<arokux2>
i was just thinking of having one device for all my basic needs
<arokux2>
with one AC adapter
<arokux2>
a router with usb port seemed to be a solution. since after installing openwrt I can turn it into micro server
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<rm>
better separate things
<rm>
into 2 devices
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<rm>
a router and a server
<traeak>
rm: depends on your needs, sometimes having too many machines sucks. I treat my router like a DMZ dealy. To access from outside or from inside both requires ssh for direct access
<traeak>
i think i have external ssh disabled
<rm>
I mean that trying to fit anything beyond basic router into the limited RAM, CPU, and most importantly the neutered "embedded" OpenWRT software
<rm>
is a certain way to great grief and sorrow :)
<rm>
and the other way round, trying to route/firewall stuff on a server that also stores sensitive data, is not always optimal (although this *can* be done correctly)
<traeak>
the router distros are pretty limited on what they can do. i have tomato on the asus, its set up to put external ftp accessible storage on it
<traeak>
so its sort of a private "drop box" is all this one does
<traeak>
it might be nice to leverage the static IP address to do stuff like drop software releases on it for customers, etc. been using hostmonster for that though
<traeak>
anywaysa not much to do with hardware though
<rm>
I prefer to put an MK802 next to the router
<rm>
and it runs real Debian and has 1 GB of RAM
<rm>
anything remotely complex goes there
<rm>
router = only routing
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