Linksys WRT1900AC is the spritual successor to the WRT54G

Re:Linksys WRT1900AC is the spritual successor to the WRT54G by aspensmonster on Monday January 06, 2014 @11:39PM (#7015587)

>On the back of the device there are four GbE ports

I really wish at least 8 LAN ports would become the standard rather than 4. The stock response is "LOL it's not a problem because WiFi." But I don't want a dozen devices contending for the WiFi of the router. I want most of my devices to be on wired connections with (ideally) the only WiFi devices being phones.

So far the only router that seems to feature 8 GbE ports --and has support for flashing OpenWRT or Tomato or whatever-- is one from Mikrotik under the "RouterBOARD" brand: http://routerboard.com/RB493G ; casing, power adapter, and antennae sold separately. Does anyone know of any other, better, options?

edit: wrong link. fixed.

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Re:Linksys WRT1900AC is the spritual successor to the WRT54G by Saus on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @12:47AM (#7015858)

I can't provide any other options. But I can 'vouch' for Routerboard. We use their products in a carrier grade environment, for almost consumer-prices. The RouterOs isn't 'next next finish' you have to put some time in it. But check out the leaflet which features there are available. If you want a 'cheap' high-end router with some nice features available (SFP's, true port-mirroring, vlans and integrated hotspot functionality) Routerboard are definitly worth exploring. http://www.mikrotik.com/pdf/what_is_routeros.pdf

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Re:Linksys WRT1900AC is the spritual successor to the WRT54G by wmf on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @12:31AM (#7015799)

The answer is to get a cheap 5 or 8 port switch.

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