Router Hardware For Gargoyle
Router Hardware For Gargoyle
Router Hardware For Gargoyle
Introduction
The best approach is to select a Router used successfully by many other Gargoyle users. Other
Routers may work, but you will need to check things out more carefully. Manufacturers are always
changing their product lines so it is not possible to provide an exhaustive list of routers that
Gargoyle will run on.
Definitely
A glance at this thread in the forum indicates that TP-Link routers are the most popular and
successful choice (in particular TL-WR1043ND). Routers from Buffalo, Netgear and Linksys are
also very popular choices. There is a list below of a few models from these manufacturers which
Gargoyle works well on. There have been extensive discussions on the forum here.
Probably
If your router is not on “the list” then search the forum for posts relating to the make and model of
your router.
Recommended minimum 8MB of FLASH and 32MB of RAM to run the latest versions of
Gargoyle.
Bare minimum 4MB of FLASH and 32MB of RAM will NOT run latest versions of
Gargoyle (>1.8.x). 4MB of FLASH is insufficient to support the Gargoyle USB
functionality. Also, some users report difficulty saving config settings and/or loading
additional packages. If you have an old router then give it a try, but don't buy a bare
minimum router for Gargoyle.
Sub-minimum routers with only 16MB of RAM are best matched with Gargoyle 1.2.5,
which has a smaller memory footprint.
Likely
Gargoyle is built on OpenWRT. If your router is supported by OpenWRT then it is likely that
Gargoyle will also run well. Check out the OpenWRT supported hardware list and take particular
care to note the exact version of your router as the support can vary markedly between versions.
Unlikely
Most consumer routers are not supported by Gargoyle, so if you just got back from the electronics
store with your brand new router you are likely out of luck. The better approach is to do some
research and buy a router that has been tested and is known to run Gargoyle.
Broadcom Routers:
This is an older architecture, and may be a bit slow when run with the latest versions of Gargoyle.
Note that some of the models listed below have only 16MB of RAM. These models are supported in
older versions of Gargoyle, but will run very slowly with the latest releases.