Back in 2006, Hal Pomeranz asked for SOHO wifi AP recommendations.  I'd
like to re-open the topic, asking for recommendations for 2008/2009,
off-list and I'll summarise.

Requirements:
 * no client OS dependencies for configuration (see below)
 * WPA2 PSK personal, more better
 * IPv6 router, 6to4 support
 * 802.11a, or draft-n at 5MHz, or a/b/g/n or whatever
Nice to have:
 * file server via USB-connected disks

I live in an apartment complex and can currently see 17 networks, which
is on the low side for what I normally see, so 5MHz 802.11a is a must
for reliable wifi.

I currently use an Apple Airport Extreme and am, on the whole, fairly
happy with it.  However, come December I will be refreshing my work
laptop which is the only MacOS client I have; I have no intention of
sticking with MacOS (Leopard is disappointing, especially given some of
the things $work does to Leopard laptops; no, waiting 2 minutes for the
machine to become responsive after joining the VPN while the LDAP
directory resynchronises is not acceptable when you're oncall and trying
to respond to a page).

So, I'll be using some kind of Linux distribution and need to be able to
admin my base-station.  The closest I can find to support the current
base-station is something last updated in 2002 which doesn't support all
of the current features and has no clearly legal approach to getting
firmware for security updates.  I can not rely upon something so tenuous
for my wireless connectivity.  Thus it's time to get a new base-station
before I lose my MacOS client.

I have a WRT54GL for b/g connectivity for devices limited to that; it
tends to degrade rather fast for reasons described above, but it is
adequate in a pinch.

I use IPv6 extensively and am stuck behind a Cable provider with no IPv6
for customers, so need 6to4.  I'd much rather see this provided at the
wifi router stage, so that there's IPv6 on the network for all clients
without special configuration.

Recommendations appreciated.

Thanks,
-Phil
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