I've been watching this thread for a while, and here's my take. I had trouble with my first Netgear G router, so I went and upgraded to a Rangemax MIMO, and that solved all the problems except when my wife runs the microwave. My router is upstairs at the east end of the house and I'm usually on the first floor at the west end of the house. I've had this for 3 years at least without any real issues other than the speeds changing up and down. When I first got the Rangemax, I had only one neighbor behind my house with a WIFI, but now I'm picking up 11 or 12 every day. Since I have a "Super G" router, I've ordered a Super G laptop adapter and I'm going to see if that will consistanly get higher speed. Ultimately, I'll get a N router. I'm using WAP2 encryption, and no problems so far.
Murray -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? Boy, this is complicated. :-) Guess I get to have fun playing.... :-) -----Original Message----- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? DD-WRT supports bridging, repeating, WDS. There's a few ways to do this and a lot of overlapping terminology when googling. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge -- Mike Gill -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? On a related note, I want to use several of these in "repeater" mode. I'm relatively new at wireless. I seem to recall there was something about "bridged" mode when setting up the wireless router I have here at the office. Is this the same thing as "repeater" mode? If so, what all is required, just make sure to have the signal overlap, or do I need Ethernet everywhere I have an access point? -----Original Message----- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? I find the AP's to sometimes be more expensive than the wireless routers. I've been buying the WRT54GL's for a while, but as of a year or so ago the non L's no longer have removable antennas. So make sure you get the L. DD-WRT is supported on several Linksys N routers also. I just disable the firewall and DHCP on them then assign a static address. Even without DD-WRT any router you buy today should support WPA2-AES, et al. -- Mike Gill -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? Yeah, I've been looking at DD-WRT and Tomato supported hardware, and trying to work my way backwards, but it seems that -N support is markedly absent from a lot of these. Given that all of my router/NAT/FW/etc... functionality I define in my OpenBSD firewall/router, all I want the thing to do is be simple AP that supports the latest encryption standards and is as fast as possible. It's annoying that consumer level documentation makes it near impossible to distinguish what does what. -sc -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home WAP recommendations? WRTG54-L - if you don't care so much about 802.11n, but want max flexibility. You can load tomato or any of several other distros on it that allow you to turn it into a really capable firewall/WAP. Or leave it as is, as it's fairly good with the original install. Kurt On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:51, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: > So, my previous WAP just died. While everybody is home from > work/school and toting their laptops around. > > > > It was a D-Link DWL-700. > > > > I?ve not paid attention to the home/SOHO WAP market, thus I turn to > you, dear list, for recommendations for a decent home WAP? > > > > I have a separate interface on my firewall just for the wireless > segment, so I?m not interested in any signficant firewall functionality in the device. > > > > Things I?d would be interested in however: > > > > -????????? External antenna connector (? this is a biggie) > > -????????? B/G/N support > > -????????? Ability to turn crap off (DHCP, port forwarding rules, yada > yada) > > -????????? Latest wireless protocol security standards support > > -????????? Ability to operate as a bridge rather than a router a plus > (but not necessary) > > > > Brand recommendations appreciated. Specific model recommendations > appreciateder. > > > > Help me Obi Wan, you are my only hope? > > > > -sc > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
