Agree completely. Myopenrouter charges a lot, but get any model listed there and use ddwrt. On Sep 7, 2013 12:36 AM, "DSinc" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can not speak to how you are wired to or who your ISP is, but, > I just bought a pair of Netgear wnr3500L(v2) routers from newegg two weeks > ago > for $55.99 each IIRC. > Appears they are called 'open source' and ISP supported, whatever that > means, but I've > read the docs and read many comments at the site: > http://www.myopenrouter.com > These folk are very high on this router and state that it runs both DD-WRT > and Tomato > f/w's very well. Yes, it is basically a 'wireless' router, but I still use > it very happily on my home > wired LAN. So far, so good. And, it is pretty quick for an N300 router! > HTH, > Duncan > > On 09/06/2013 16:42, Bobby Heid wrote: > >> So you suggest using a router as an access point instead of getting a >> dedicated access point? Can you suggest a router for that? I would like >> to >> have dual-band capabilities with 300Mbs speeds. >> >> Thanks, >> Bobby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: >> hardware-bounces@lists.**hardwaregroup.com<[email protected]> >> [mailto:hardware-bounces@**lists.hardwaregroup.com<[email protected]>] >> On Behalf Of Naushad >> Zulfiqar >> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 3:59 PM >> To: [email protected].**com <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [H] Extending wireless network. >> >> Access point would be the easiest way. >> >> I would suggest getting a cheap router that's supported by ddwrt and using >> that. Great performance and features can be had. >> On Sep 6, 2013 10:57 PM, "Bobby Heid" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info. My router does not have a connection for an >>> external >>> antenna. I talked to a network guy at work and he told me that I need to >>> use an access point for what I am wanting to do. >>> >>> >> >> >
