[LUNI] WiFi Access Point recommendations

[Draggor]

Take a peek at this:  http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

On 8/14/07, David Rock <david at graniteweb.com> wrote:
> * Samir Faci <sfaci at cs.uic.edu> [2007-08-12 19:31]:
> > I think just about 9 out of 10 suggestions is going to be LInksys.
> > I've had some great luck with linksys, I try to stay away from dlink ,
> > though netgear seems okay, just too used to ther linksys web front.
> >
> > I would get a linksys wireless router and add dd-wrt, and if you
> > really wanna be sadistic, you can try openwrt, though that really
> > requires way too much effort to get it working imo.
> >
> > You can also take your machine and turn it into a wireless router too,
> > install ubuntu, gentoo or whatnot and route away :-D
>
> I have an older WRT54G v2 and just bought two more WRT54GL and I am
> using openwrt.  There is a fair amount of effort involved in configuring
> it, but mostly only if you are trying to do crazy things with it.  The
> biggest issue is that there doesn't seem to be a "simple" config howto.
> In the true spirit of using linux to learn about your hardware, the
> extra commandline config effort is worth it.  x-wrt is a pretty good web
> interface addon that takes a lot of the heavy lifting out of the way, so
> don't count that out.
>
> dd-wrt is a bit more user-friendly and also seems to be pretty popular
> and full featured.
>
> hyperwrt is another one that pops up a lot for this kind of thing.  Now,
> if you don't want to re-flash with linux-based firmware, then this whole
> discussion is fairly pointless, but let's face it; screwing around with
> stuff if why we do these things in the first place :-)
>
> I have had pretty good luck with Linksys and Netgear from a branding
> perspective.  If you are thinking about using **wrt firmware instead of
> stock, hit the websites and poke around a bit *before* buying something.
> The specific model you buy is very important.
>
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> David Rock
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