[Cialug] Wireless APs

Tim Wilson tim_linux at wilson-home.com
Tue Feb 8 15:25:12 CST 2011


I've been using the Asus WL-520GU router running the Tomato firmware.  It's
not bad, the one problem I had with it was after a power outage, the
wireless didn't come back up.  I had to connect in and restart the wireless
service.  That, and the fact that the antenna isn't dog-proof...

But I'm also running a pretty vanilla setup.  No mesh or PoE.  I do plan on
hooking a printer up to the USB port though.  That's why I chose the Tomato
firmware.  Supposedly, it supports the USB port.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Matthew Steven <matthew at geniusweb.com>wrote:

> I've had fairly good luck with a cheap-on-clearance Linksys WRT160N running
> DD-WRT. It has vlan capability and I think it'll do what you want as well.
> Only catch is that this model is not 100% stable without some additional
> cooling, such as a chassis fan directed at its bottom.
>
>
>
> On 01/-10/-28163 01:59 PM, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>
>> Looking for advice on wireless APs.
>> Want PoE and will "mesh" play together well.
>> Probably should go with N and dual band at that as well.
>>
>> At this point, I plan to place one on the first floor of a building and
>> the second on the third.
>>
>> I'm no much into wireless so anyone with experience with various models,
>> etc; I welcome the advice.
>>
>>
>>
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