[Cialug] Wireless APs

[David Champion]

I'm using an ASUS rt-n12 with DD-WRT at home, (and a WRT-54GL as a wifi
bridge), been working very well, I like them a lot better than the WRT160N.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320039&cm_re=rt-n12-_-33-320-039-_-Product

-dc

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>wrote:

> I've been using the Asus WL-520GU router running the Tomato firmware.  It's
> not bad, the one problem I had with it was after a power outage, the
> wireless didn't come back up.  I had to connect in and restart the wireless
> service.  That, and the fact that the antenna isn't dog-proof...
>
> But I'm also running a pretty vanilla setup.  No mesh or PoE.  I do plan on
> hooking a printer up to the USB port though.  That's why I chose the Tomato
> firmware.  Supposedly, it supports the USB port.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Matthew Steven <matthew at geniusweb.com>wrote:
>
>> I've had fairly good luck with a cheap-on-clearance Linksys WRT160N
>> running DD-WRT. It has vlan capability and I think it'll do what you want as
>> well. Only catch is that this model is not 100% stable without some
>> additional cooling, such as a chassis fan directed at its bottom.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/-10/-28163 01:59 PM, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Looking for advice on wireless APs.
>>> Want PoE and will "mesh" play together well.
>>> Probably should go with N and dual band at that as well.
>>>
>>> At this point, I plan to place one on the first floor of a building and
>>> the second on the third.
>>>
>>> I'm no much into wireless so anyone with experience with various models,
>>> etc; I welcome the advice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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