Jerry, hacking the Linksys WRT54G router like that is certainly
interesting, thanks for pointing that out. But I don't want to do
that. For that matter, I don't want to build own Linux router out of
old PC parts either, although presumably I could. I just want a
toaster-like box that works, preferably also with no fans to fry, no
hard drives to crash and be corrupted, etc. etc.
Keep in mind that roughly the whole second half of my bullet list
above are basically "nice to have if it's available, but I doubt that
all this is available" features. Cool features like running scripts
on the router would be nice. But reliability is much, much more
important.
Usefully handling two broadband WAN connections would also be
much more important. In particular, since I know there are products
out there that do that, I'd like to find out more about how well they
work. But if I don't, so far it sounds like my fallback plan is to
buy a standard one-WAN-port Linksys, ditch the D-Link, and see if that
works more reliably. Two WAN connections sounds awfully attractive,
though... (Heck, if both cable modem and DSL are available at all, in
most areas both together probably cost less than buying cable TV plus
HBO and the other pay stations.)
