Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote Wed, 2 Nov 2011 23:14:29 +1100:
... simple appliance that I can recommend to teachers ...
I found a $64 D-Link DIR-600 worked reasonably well (the D-Link
equipment seems to be older hardware designs repackaged at a cheaper
price): http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/low-cost-wireless-router.html
But you have to re-flash it with DD-WRT to get it to do anything useful.
I used it to make a bridge to an Internet TV:
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/connecting-samsung-tv-to-internet.html
Perhaps you should try the La Fonera devices, which one of my colleagues
used in Europe and recommended. This is a scheme where you share your
WiFi with others :
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2008/12/la-fonera-20-linux-wireless-broadband.html
It might also help if the teachers have some ICT training, as for
example in the Queensland Smart Classrooms Strategy:
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/11/queensland-smart-classrooms-strategy.html
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