[asterisk-users] Best inexpensive home office router for VoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

[Darrick Hartman]

Kenneth Padgett wrote:
>> I'm looking for opinions on the "best value" router to use for home 
>> offices.
>>  It should work for a scenario in which there are 3 computers and 2 SIP
>> phones, handling QoS so that the phones always have higher priority 
>> traffic
>> than the PCs. (and not rely on the phones to do the QoS because some 
>> PCs may
>> not be connected to the phones).
> 
> I'm using a Linksys WRTSL54GS and 3rd party firmware with great
> results! You won't find QoS features in the default Linksys firmware
> though, so if you want something out of the box, this isn't much help.
> 
> My main reasons for picking it over the older WRT54G's where:
> 
> 1) It was (still is?) available in retail stores, whereas the WRT54G's
> that run Linux are generally only on ebay these days, they have to be
> older versions.

Linksys listened to demand and released a version that still has the 
Linux firmware.  The model is WRT54GL with the L for Linux.

Newegg has them for $57 after MIR.

Darrick
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