Tech Review: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

How to Enhance Your Router With Open-Source Firmware

how do I see the gateway address in ubuntu?

https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/network-configuration.html

• route -n

how can i tell if my wireless router is going bad?

http://askville.amazon.com/wireless-router-Dropped-connection/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=53171972

how fast should my ping be to my router?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110820215347AAzeYxr

http://forums.comcast.com/t5/Basic-Internet-Connectivity-And/Horrible-lag-spikes-Doesn-t-seem-like-my-fault-what-can-I-do/td-p/1349123

how do I test my router speed?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/242112/router_tips_to_make_your_wireless_faster.html

• good article for testing the router.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071118183047AAN79bw

how do I ping my linksys router?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/33166-42-cannot-connect-linksys-router-page

• 192.168.1.1 in browser

Audible ping

http://linux.die.net/man/8/ping

• ping -a IP

OpenSource Router Database

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

OpenSource Router Community 

http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=33-124-190

• still the most popular router around

Open Source DD-WRT

http://www.pcworld.com/article/260281/how_to_enhance_your_router_with_open_source_firmware.html