Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Craig Falconer [mailto:cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz] >> My folks got a linksys WAG54G2 - new about $150 at the time.   Does >> everything and has fair wireless range despite having no external >> aerial

RE: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Bryce Stenberg
> -Original Message- > From: Craig Falconer [mailto:cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz] > My folks got a linksys WAG54G2 - new about $150 at the time. Does > everything and has fair wireless range despite having no external > aerials. Probably you'd get an 802.11N variant nowdays. I have the L

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Hadley Rich
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 19:17 +1200, Craig Falconer wrote: > Personally I don't mind a venerable linksys WRT54GL but its only an > ethernet router, you still need a DSL modem and then you're in the > realms of double NAT. I still use one of these myself, they're great. Behind a Draytek modem doin

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Craig Falconer
Christopher Sawtell wrote, On 04/14/2010 05:54 PM: Anyway what device would the list wisdom recommend? Depends on a lot of things. At work we absolutely recommend a cisco SR520, or a SR520W if you want an AP.However I realise this is outside the reach of most home users. If you find an

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Hadley Rich
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 18:20 +1200, Phill Coxon wrote: > The D-links I've used I've always found to be pretty flakey. Me too, but I've also heard people who are happy with them such as Steve. > It seems very hard to find a source that compares / reviews ADSL > modems unfortunately. I've had goo

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Phill Coxon
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 17:59 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > I use a d-link dsl-604t. No frills, no whistles. Just works. However, I > may have a different outlook on wireless security than most: I assume > it's going to be broken, and protect sensitive data accordingly. Because > of this, I only us

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 17:54 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > Anyway what device would the list wisdom recommend? I use a d-link dsl-604t. No frills, no whistles. Just works. However, I may have a different outlook on wireless security than most: I assume it's going to be broken, and protect

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 14 April 2010 14:30, Robert Fisher wrote: > > > Greetings CLUGgers, > > > > I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to > > connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the > > Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected > > occ

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Robert Fisher
> Greetings CLUGgers, > >   I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to > connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the > Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected > occasionally, but it was a utterly hit and miss affair. > >   W

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Phill Coxon
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 10:51 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Greetings CLUGgers, > > I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to > connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the > Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected > o

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Craig Falconer
Christopher Sawtell wrote, On 04/14/2010 10:51 AM: I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected occasionally, but it was a utterly hit and mi

Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Greetings CLUGgers,   I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected occasionally, but it was a utterly hit and miss affair.   War stories and