[LUNI] WiFi Access Point recommendations

[Larry Garfield]

So as I now have a worthwhile laptop, I am of course in the market for a 
wireless access point.  

At the moment my home network uses an IPCop router on an old 266 MHz box.  It 
works fine and I like IPCop's flexibility (except when DHCP seems to not want 
to work for non-pre-configured leases), but gah the box is loud and hot.  
Plus, from what I've seen a decent WiFi access point that is not also a home 
router costs *more* than one that is also a home router (for reasons that 
make sense to accountants, I'm sure).  So I figure I may as well replace that 
while I'm at it and save space/heat/decibels.

So what do people use/recommend for a home WiFi router/AP?  My experiences 
with Linksys have been bad, but otherwise I don't know the market that well.  
I'm looking for something that does 802.11g, and of course its web 
configuration tools must be Linux (Konqueror)-friendly.  I also like IPCop's 
ability to setup port forwarding ranges,  as I have ports forwarded all over 
the place for various applications and games.  

WPA of course.  It will have to support both pre-configured and on-the-fly 
DHCP, but I have my own DNS server instead of using it, so I do have to be 
able to control that myself.  I figure 4 Ethernet jacks is about all I can 
expect, but I have my own 8 port switch that everything plugs into anyway.

I'm willing to spend more than el cheapo on it, but I don't run a 
high-bandwidth anything at home so I don't want to spend an insane amount of 
money on it (for whatever the definition of "insane amount of money" is for a 
WiFi router at this point).

Does this ring a bell for anyone?  Any good/bad/ugly recommendations for such 
a device?

-- 
Larry Garfield			AIM: LOLG42
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