On 10/13/2010 10:48 AM, John Stoffel wrote:I threw out everything else and I'm just using the netgear for everything. I
>>>>>> "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.
didn't bother to set it up, but openwrt does support setting up a second guest
wireless network if you want to segment guests off from your own machines.
I was able to get them running by limiting encryption down to WPA/TKIP. Of
> Frank> The only glitch there is that it's a little more strict about
> Frank> wireless security behaviour, so some non-compliant devices
> Frank> (droid1 phones running android 2.2, in my case) can't associate
> Frank> at WPA2/AES.
>
> Bummers. :] That's why I figure I'll keep around my old WAP54G for
> wep devices and stuff that I don't care about much.
course, AES is required for 11n speeds, so I'll be mucking around with this
more when either the phones or the router has a new update available =)
Yeah, that's exactly why I opted to pony up for the netgear (about $150)
> Frank> I've heard very good things about the buffalo devices,
> Frank> especially since they ship with dd-wrt from the factory. They
> Frank> don't have the same performance (again, smallnetbuilder has
> Frank> excellent benchmarks for side by side comparisons), but are a
> Frank> lot cheaper. One drawback of that particular model at least is
> Frank> that it's single band, 2.4GHz only. Personally I strongly
> Frank> recommend going with a dual band device, as 2.4 these days
> Frank> tends to be a pea soup of interference, while the 5GHz bands
> Frank> that 11a uses has a lot more open channels available.
>
> Yeah, I think I really want dual band, dual radio, gigabit. Going to
> have to pay for it though. But if the device lasts, I'm not too
> upset.
instead of the cheaper buffalo.
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