I have an Airport Extreme purely because it was the first to have wideband 5 GHz. Very meh overall and I wouldn't recommend now... no QoS or traffic shaping, no DDNS, only the thinnest DNS or DHCP features, no scheduled access control, must reboot for simple things like changing port forwarding.
My preference is for something that can run the excellent Tomato firmware. Although the Routerboard stuff looks awfully spiffy. --Steve On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have used various models of Airport Extreme APs - I would say they would > be less easy to disable. The interface is rarely as /direct/ as it is on > other devices. > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:14 AM, justino garcia > <jgarciaitl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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. 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