shockz Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I'm looking for a router that has decent port forwarding options stock... with the ability to allow forwarding by indicating both the external and internal IP address. My current router uses Tomato for this, however it's acting up and is on its way out: Is there a router out there that offers the same features without using Tomato or WWDRT? I don't mind using third party firmware, but before I went out and bought one that supported a 3rd party firmware, I wanted to check and see if there were any solid routers that offered what I was looking for using the stock firmware. I looked at both the stock Linksys firmware and Netgear and saw the ability to open a port, but not the ability to filter by source address. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Bloo Monkee Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I too have wondered what are some decent routers without using 3rd party.Just curious, what's going on with your current router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 I too have wondered what are some decent routers without using 3rd party. Just curious, what's going on with your current router? Every now and then I lose the lease with my modem, doesn't seem to happen on my backup, ancient wireless-b router. There is a firmware update I can grab, but the firmware I use is a fork of Tomato managed by an entity/user called Toastman, and I just am a bit paranoid about using a forked build managed by a third party for third party software lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted March 29, 2014 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2014 Toastman and Shibby are awesome. Just reflas or get a new or older more stable build. JJ_ 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Toastman and Shibby are awesome. Just reflas or get a new or older more stable build. Reflashed with the 2-24-2014 build, seems to be working again. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Try looking at the following UBNT edgerouter lite Mikrotik Routerboards (although the software can be somewhat buggy) pfSense on an old X86 box or an embedded box such as an Alix. It's a steep learning curve but they are FAR more powerful platforms than most soho routers run on. Otherwise you could also look at business / enterprise routers rather than the small office home office junk but these aren't going to be cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted March 29, 2014 Member Share Posted March 29, 2014 You can also just apply the ip filtering rules on the target machines firewall instead. Realistically it is probably only a few ports forwarded anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 You can also just apply the ip filtering rules on the target machines firewall instead. Realistically it is probably only a few ports forwarded anyway. Good point, so far the lease seems to be doing it's thing. It would have dropped by now. Crossing my fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ_ Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I still run a 2012 Toastman build on my router. I had problems with a newer build too a year ago when I was trying new builds so went back to the working build from 2012. Moral: Don't fix it if it ain't broke :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Running ASUS RT-AC68U Working flawlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Buffalo uses a custom DD-WRT build, and is easily flashable if not on there already. The first WZR-600DHP had the regular firmware, but the last one I bought had the DD-WRT based firmware on it. It's easily flashable to the normal DD-WRT build if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted April 10, 2014 MVC Share Posted April 10, 2014 Advanced Tomato is very nice also, basically a skin for Shibby's Tomato Mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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