Yeah, I hate to admit it, but with OpenWRT on a 54, small offices and employee homes where I don't have literally 10k to spend, the things I do with that firmware are crazy. Iptables and OpenVPN + bash permit some pretty trick setups and the uptime/reliability has been humorously perfect.
At one location, I bridged a port with the wan so the "kid" at their home could still use his own stuff and I had my own lan to permit the business needs end... From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers I recall buying a Netgear router for a my home a few years back and returning it to the store the same day and buying a Belkin. Don't remember what the deal was with the netgear but I know I said I would never buy another netgear wireless router. It was pretty though. Right now I have a Linksys WRT54G2 (I think that's the model) and its solid. James ----- Original Message ----- From: John Aldrich<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> To: NT System Admin Issues<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Well, all I can do is tell you guys what *my* personal experience has been... YMMV and quite possibly does. :) [John-Aldrich][Tile-Tools] From: richardmccl...@aspca.org<mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org> [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I would like to confess, however, that our Netgear WAP failed to provide a connection to one of our Mac users. I have reset it via the web GUI. If he still can't connect, I'll do a hard reset (pull the power cord). If he still can't connect, well, thanks John for the "heads up" on Netgear. (It had been doing fine for a couple of years.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org<http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote on 05/10/2010 09:38:04 AM: > > Geek Squad should not set these things up! If they do, they have no > business leaving before confirming that the end user connects and > gets IP settings, etc from it. (I don't believe they do this stuff > for free, either.) > > Most of these things come with "default" settings wide-open, > broadcasting SSID, no encryption, etc. It is highly desirable to go > with a more secure set of security measures offered by the device. > > Now, if one chooses "n", an encryption standard not supported by the > users NIC, etc, one will either not connect or will "connect" but > get no IP settings. Hey, if you can't connect, it is secure! > > BTW, it is possible for a coconut to drift from the Caribbean to the > coast of Ireland via the Gulf Stream. Swallows need not be involved. > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > ASPCA(r) > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > richardmccl...@aspca.org > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to > Animals(r) > (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > "John Aldrich" <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote on 05/10/2010 09:28:17 AM: > > > Nope, but I did review the settings on it, and I had the paperwork > > from Geeksquad from when they originally set it up, which included > > the wireless password. It would "connect" but it would never get an > > IP address. > > > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > > From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:20 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Wireless Routers > > > > Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to > > factory specs? > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com > > > wrote: > > This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side > > job) trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing > > wireless router (Netgear.) I never succeeded and I was also unable > > to get my Dell laptop to talk to their wireless router. After > > fussing with it for over 2 hours, I went to Walmart and bought a > > WRT54GS2 Linksys wireless (same exact model I have at home) and > > hooked it up. Instant success. > > Long story short - if I ever have a job where I can't get the > > wireless to connect, and the user has a Netgear wireless router, I'm > > not even going to spend time on it, I'll just tell the client I'm > > going to go buy a different router that *will* work and get another Linksys. > > Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's looking for a new > > wireless router. J > > > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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