Stable n GNU/Linux driven Wireless

[John Feole]

I'll second that recommendation..I'm got a dual access pointsetup at 
home that i use daily for office tele-commute, also running the 
dd-wrt.com firmware..

Very dependable..I just bought the second router, wrt54gl, which is NOT 
sold retail..Ordered it from newegg.com..all the firmware details are here:

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47116

and after flashin the original wrt54g v2.2, and the new wrt54gl, I set 
the 2 routers up  with WDS setup from here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WDS_Linked_router_network

works great..

the wifi clients are a mix of winxp, Ubuntu 6.10, and macosx..no issues 
with any of these OS's..


Regards,
JFeole
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Travis Roy wrote:
Simple enough..

Linksys WRT-54G running the DD-WRT firmware.

I've had mine for a couple years now, LOVE it.. Does everything I want 
and more, and since I can boost the power I have great range as well.

Just make sure you get the right version of the hardware that will work 
properly with DD-WRT

On Jan 10, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Neil Joseph Schelly wrote:

I know this is a question bound to evoke lots of opinion, but that's 
kind of
what I'm aiming for.  I've been replacing cheap home APs/routers too often
lately and have had two fail in my office recently.  Serving only a few
people, maybe, at a time, wireless access points from a big name like Cisco
seem like overkill.  While they may be more reliable, ther prohibitive 
price
tags are just not worth it here.

Has anyone had any good experience with spending in the range of $100 or 
so on
an access point or router that offers something in the way of reliability
more than the cheap $30-40 range equipment?  I'm not overly concerned with
features, so long as 128-bit WEP is supported, especially since I'll use it
only as an access point, not a router.

Thanks,
-Neil




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Joseph wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
>   Travis I would echo Bills recommendations with the
> WRTG54g/gs versions 1-4 and would also like to add the
> WRTG54GL.  I have used DD-WRT, OpenWRT, Tomato and
> they both work great.  You actually have quite a few
> choices for the hardware.  But I like Linksys and
> Asus.  
>
>   I also would recommend the Asus WL500G series
> http://www.asus.com/products2.aspx?l1=12&l2=43 as I
> have one and it works great and supports all the FOSS
> firmware in Open/DD-wrt.  As well this guarantee that
> you will have full N as the spec is finished.  
>
>   You really can run any of the supported routers
> here:
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Installation
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware?action=show&redirect=toh
>
>   
>>> Tomato
>>>       
> http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
>   
>>> OpenWRT
>>>       
> http://www.openwrt.org
>   
>>> DD-WRT
>>>       
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/
>
>  Most comprehensive is the Wikipedia entry on this
> great little Linksys device.  
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrt54g
>
> Thanks and good luck,
> Joe
>
>
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:28:12 -0500
> From: Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com>
> Subject: Re: Reliable wireless APs?
> To: Travis Roy <travis at scootz.net>
> Cc: gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
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> On Jan 10, 2007, at 15:58, Travis Roy wrote:
>
>   
>> Linksys WRT-54G running the DD-WRT firmware.
>>     
>
> Sixth-ed?  Yeah, I have about a dozen or so of these
> running my  
> neighborhood network and none have failed.  Versions
> 1-4, G and GS.
>
> -Bill
>
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