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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Orthoefer > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:40 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > bblisa mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
