Router recommendations?

Bill McGonigle bill at bfccomputing.com
Thu Jul 9 16:22:50 EDT 2009


In addition to Alex's recommendation, some of the Buffalo gear is now
back on the market.  Both companies actively support the development of
Free firmware.  Also look at the Fonera 2, it looks like a good value.

Buffalo's injunction and subsequent reentrance and the -N standard are
tied up due to patent lawsuits from CSIRO, the Australian government's
research group.  -N could never go final, for all we know, so vendors
are working on interop on pre-N.

That said, -N radios are more expensive than they should be, I think.  I
don't personally have a use for medium-speed wireless that's worth the
extra money.  -G is fast enough for Internet access and gigabit is for
large file transfer.  Also lots of -N gear has overheating problems.
When they're cool, stable and $60 I'll probably upgrade.

-Bill

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