---------- Original Message ----------- From: Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
See the response I just posted, but in all likely, he's being hampered by the fact the handoff from the ONT is 100BT ethernet and OpenRG (which bolts on top of a Linux OS and 'replaces' the functionality of iptables and such).
I really meant a real Linux server (or desktop box loaded with CentOS, Deb, ect) with some basic IPtables rules and dual NIC. I never intended to use any kind of appliance or router device loaded with 'brand x' Linux. A 100bT hand-off should have NO issues reaching ~98Mbps without packet loss; just a little extra latency as you start filling buffers. Since the first day our FiOS was installed, we switched out the cruddy Dlink router (later swapped with Actiontec) with a Linux box running CentOS and a simple iptables script. I later added a Atheros-based wifi card with HostAP and madwifi to create an AP from the same box. Linux/Wifi is not for all of course, but the dual-nic and IPtables part pretty much anyone can do...you could just as easily hang a small wifi router off the box. -R