[BBLISA] WAP add-on?

[Edward Ned Harvey]

Nope.  WRT54G, while common and not too bad, is in fact a router, not an
access point.  Scott says he already has a router, just wants to add an
access point to it.  And that's the WAP54G.

So Scott, you have a choice - 
(a) Keep your existing router, and add the WAP54G
or
(b) Get rid of your existing router, and replace it with the WRT54G

I personally recommend option (a) because although several other people here
recently expressed pleasure using the WRT54G, I do not share that pleasure.
I've always had stability problems with them.  I do however have pleasure
with the WAP54G.  It's so simple, being just a dumb WAP and all, no
intelligence required for routing.

I've also gone through the exercise of replacing the Linksys firmware with
openwrt, and found that it's a bit more robust, but still had similar
stability problems.

Who knows, maybe I had consistent hardware problems.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
> Behalf Of John Orthoefer
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:40 AM
> To: bblisa at bblisa.org
> Subject: Re: [BBLISA] WAP add-on?
> 
> wrt-54g.  Because it runs openwrt so it's a small linux box, with
> flash,
> 4 port switch and 802.1b/g.    So you can do any arbitrary thing you
> want, 802.1x sure, QOS sure, captive portal sure, VPN end point sure.
> 
> johno
> 
> 
> Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> > Slight OT, but still relevant to the list (I think) -
> >
> > I have a Linksys 8-port "broadband" router at home that works
> perfectly.
> > Now, I want to add a WAP to it so I can liberate my laptop from wires
> > and bring the laptop to another room, and would rather not have to to
> > replace the existing Linksys box, as it works very well.
> >
> > What cheap wap would people recommend to simply plug into an existing
> > open ethernet port on my router?   I have a Dell 1350 b/g card.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Scott
> >
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