How good is the apple Airport extreme I think it called router?? Can you easily turn it on and off? Speed Lan and wan? Any one here use one?
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > These solutions look very intriguing. I'll probably pick up one of their > AP devices. > > * * > > *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ya, at the time my primary need was for a p2p tunnel. The other stuff >> appealed to me but the community was in a weird transistion state as well >> with the primary dev, etc. The whole thing was just too irritating overall >> in the end. Also the basic capabilities of the low end commerical >> offerings covered my home needs. Now that I found the RouterBoard folks >> that will cover any more specialized needs quite nicely now. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> The tunnels didn't appeal to me, because everything I need to connect >>> with is IPSec, but they only support OpenSSL. Once I got over that, >>> however, I was good, because I searched for the best router that would >>> support the firmware before I bought it. >>> >>> To me, it's no different from any other HCL type situation. If you get >>> the wrong hardware, you're on a wing an a prayer. >>> >>> DD-WRT is getting to the point where hardware vendors are providing >>> their equipment with it installed, so that's a good thing, IMO. >>> >>> Thanks for the feedback, though. I have my own list of "not likely to >>> use" products for similar reasons over time. >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of >>> Technology for the SMB market… >>> >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> First their 'tunnels' did not work as advertised and I spent months >>>> trying things on their forums only to find out they didn't work per >>>> documentation. Second, it was such a pain to get the DD-WRT to work on the >>>> hardware and you had to be very very careful to get the supported routers >>>> model number and even then risk your money/investment flashing them. After >>>> a while, the risk vs what they gave you wasn't enough to overcome the >>>> annoyance factor of the occasional brick at a time when the hardware was my >>>> spare cash. >>>> >>>> I don't handle work routers (Cisco) at home I have a D-Link that works >>>> well enough. For a point to point with a neighbor I have two Groove-5Hn >>>> that I like a lot (PoE sitting in the attic just fine, though if I didn't >>>> have the antenna's already then I would have gotten one of their integrated >>>> solutions) . I wil probably replace the D-Link with something of theirs >>>> later this year. Probably RB751U-2HnD or get a board and daughterboards >>>> which would cost more. Not sure yet. >>>> >>>> http://routerboard.com/GrooveA5Hn >>>> http://routerboard.com/RB751U-2HnD >>>> >>>> Steven Peck >>>> http://www.blkmtn.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> What problems have you encountered? >>>>> >>>>> I have 3 DD-WRT based devices running now (2 at work; 1 at home) and I >>>>> haven't had any issues. Still on the Aug 2010 release. >>>>> >>>>> Also, what do you use instead of DD-WRT? >>>>> >>>>> * * >>>>> >>>>> *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of >>>>> Technology for the SMB market… >>>>> >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I realize there is a lot of love for dd-wrt but they burned their >>>>>> bridge with me a while ago. I just don't find their stuff dependable >>>>>> enough to actually use anymore. Granted this may have changed in two >>>>>> years, but not enough for me to trust them with something I may have to >>>>>> support. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM, joeu...@chronic.org < >>>>>> joeu...@chronic.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> ** >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anything found here: >>>>>>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On January 10, 2012 at 12:09 PM winsys <winsysad...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > A friend of mine is looking for a new home router that he can >>>>>>> > disable/enable internet access very easily from a web page. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>>> >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
