On 7 November 2010 09:31, Sean Gibbins <s...@funkygibbins.me.uk> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > My son is currently residing in halls of residence where is 'net access > is piped to his laptop via an ethernet cable on his desk. Obviously that > somewhat restricts the flexibility of the laptop and longer cables are > not really an option as he has mobility problems and would struggle if > there were cables trailing around the room. > > It occurred to me that this might be solved with a wireless access point > that hooks up to the ethernet cable, but upon looking for a modern > incarnation of such a device it appears they have been largely ousted by > the combination wireless routers many of us use. You can buy them, but > they seem to be the same price as a good quality wireless router, i.e. £45. > > My brain's a bit fuzzier than usual this morning, but am I right in > thinking I could buy a cheaper wireless modem and configure it solely as > an access point, i.e. leaving the modem component unconfigured? > > The range isn't important, but it will need to be secured, ideally with > WPA and MAC address filtering. > Sean, You could get a cheap 2nd hand router and blow it with DD-WRT or OpenWRT - see their hardware compatibility pages (below) for suitable devices. Then you have massive flexibility to set the thing up exactly as you want, plus tweak power settings etc. http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices Have fun > Sean > > -- > music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: > > www.funkygibbins.me.uk > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
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