【韌體】Gargoyle Router Management Utility

[URL="http://www.gargoyle-router.com"]Gargoyle Router Management Utility[/URL]
[QUOTE][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]What is Gargoyle?[/B][/COLOR]
Gargoyle is a free firmware upgrade for many widely available routers such as the WRT54GL and the original La Fonera.

Gargoyle firmware makes it easy to:
[LIST][*][B]Monitor bandwidth[/B] usage for every computer[*][B]Set quotas[/B], ensuring that network resources are allocated fairly.[*][B]Block forbidden websites[/B], or block everything except a white-list of allowed addresses.[*][B]Configure a wireless bridge[/B] to connect two networks without any ugly wires.[/LIST][/QUOTE]
[INDENT][TABLE]Bandwidth (1):|QoS Pie Chart:|Qos (1):|Qos (2):
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其實小弟介紹Gargoyle 的文章散見於其他討論中, 網友也許只熟悉Tomato, 而Gargoyle 好比OpenWrt 之下的Tomato, Tomato 支援的分享器有限, 好不容易才有TeddyBear 把Tomato 移植到ASUS RT-N16, 但Gargoyle 就大不同了, 由於Gargoyle 是OpenWrt 之下的一個套件, 所以OpenWrt 所支援的分享器, Gargoyle 通常也都支援, 就在大家對於Tomato 驚艷之餘, 其實Gargoyle 正默默持續改進, 最近更推出一個新功能, 讓小弟更有理由推薦Gargoyle:
[QUOTE]Also, a new automatic congestion control utility, created by Paul Bixel, (first reported [URL="http://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=754#p3659"]here[/URL]) is now ready for release. [B]This feature allows QoS to handle the case where the available bandwidth is constantly fluctuating, adjusting the total limits in QoS proportional to what is currently available instead of a fixed number.[/B] This can be configured in the QoS download page, though you need to have both upload and download QoS active for this to work.[/QUOTE]
簡而言之就是頻寬上限不再固定不變, 而是隨著尖峰/離峰可用頻寬變動而變動, 詳細原理小弟尚未仔細研究, 該功能目前尚在測試階段, 但對於第三方韌體來說確實是一大創舉

除了Gargoyle 優異的頻寬管理之外, 更重要的仍在於OpenWrt 的開放以及豐富的套件, 例如OpenVPN, USB, VLAN 等, 你所能想到的, 幾乎在OpenWrt 套件庫都能找到, 只要懂得靈活運用, 瞬間就可以把一台數百元的分享器變成上千元的頻寬管理器, 唯一的問題是缺乏套件設定說明, 所以要有一些Linux 和英文底子才行, 否則若在OpenWrt 討論區以中文發問, 笑話就鬧大了

Gargoyle 刷機方法請參考 "[URL="http://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/doku.php?id=install_guide"]install_guide [Gargoyle Wiki][/URL]", Gargoyle v1.2 根基於OpenWrt Kamikaze, 而Gargoyle v1.3 則根基於OpenWrt Backfire, Backfire 支援最新的802.11n 分享器, 但也因為機種太多, 所以已經無法把刷機方法概括於一篇文章之中, 請參考OpenWrt 的硬體支援列表, 以便找出各機種的刷機方法, 一些設定上的經驗談, 小弟也會持續發表在後續文章中, 然而要瞭解Gargoyle/OpenWrt, 最迅速的方法仍然是邊用邊學, 不懂就問, 才能夠學以致用

[URL="http://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/doku.php"]Documentation Index [Gargoyle Wiki][/URL]
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