[COLUG] SNMP-aware equipment for the home network?

[Zane C.B.]

On Thu, 3 May 2007 15:12:28 -0400
"Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:

> On my most recent assignment, I've been rolling out a rather
> extensive MRTG implementation and have a hankering to run it at
> home. Unfortunately, with only a few exceptions, my network gear is
> too stupid to run an SNMP server.  Does anyone know of
> Netgear/SMC/Linksys 802.11whatever box I can stick between the
> cable modem and the house that speaks SNMP?  Yes, I know I can roll
> my own router - I was doing that a long time ago with LRP and a
> 2-slot 486 box.  It worked fine until I needed features that just
> wouldn't fit into the floppy-based distro, then the project died,
> etc., etc.  I'm just looking for an appliance that routes, NATs,
> does wireless. etc., like an SMC 7004VBWR and many other sub-$100
> products, that _also_ can be queried by SNMP. It is entirely
> acceptable that the answer is "there aren't any".  If that's the
> case, then that's the way it is, and I'll have to roll my own.
> However, for the sake of the folks around me that have never pored
> over kernel or driver code, I'd prefer just to open a box and set
> it up than building and tweaking yet another machine.

My suggestion is just to get something cheap you can boot from USB
and then boot it from a USB flash stick. When doing this be careful
you are using it as read only as those sticks have a max number of
writes.

As far as flashing a cheap router goes, I would never trust the base
hardware it is running on. I you do go that route, get your self two
because there is a nice chance you will end up having to use it with
in two years.

/me does not trust any 3com, netgear, or linksys router after working
for a ISP in KS for nearly two years.