"Frank" == Frank Sweetser <fs@WPI.EDU> writes:
Frank> On 10/13/2010 10:48 AM, John Stoffel wrote:
> "Frank" == Frank Sweetser <fs@WPI.EDU> writes:
Frank> On 10/13/2010 10:26 AM, John Stoffel wrote:
Guys,
I'm looking to replace my WAP54G (802.11bg) wireless access point. I really need to get more speed to the wife's computer, and I don't want to run wires.
I'm thinking I'd like to get something that DD-WRT can run on, and possibly something with dual radios and/or dual 2.4ghz and 5.0ghz band, so I can have a secured network, and an open, slower network for guests.
My home network looks like this:
cable modem <---> router <----> GigE Lan switch <-- clients | | WAP54G
Frank> Congratulations, you're me a month ago =)
Heh, so where do you end up putting your new wireless router in your network? Did you replace the core router, or add on? Yeah I'm a professional SysAdmin, but I don't do the network side day to day... so I want to stay secure. Probably way too paranoid, but that's me.
Frank> I threw out everything else and I'm just using the netgear for Frank> everything. I didn't bother to set it up, but openwrt does Frank> support setting up a second guest wireless network if you want Frank> to segment guests off from your own machines. My only worry is that all my core network is in the basement, but I have my current WAP upstairs in a central-ish location. And my wife's wireless is upstairs too... But replacing my WRAP board with something with more ports which I can break out more would be good to... decisions, decisions... Can you put different antennas on the netgear? Thanks for all the feedback, now I'm leaning Netgear... :]