I agree - I have a bunch of them in use here, and they go nicely with better range than other brands I've used.
Work's ones run OpenWRT, but dd-wrt is also a good option. Sveasoft and friends are not a lot different to the linksys standard firmware (and none of them would allow 192.168/16 on the LAN side.) -----Original Message----- From: Hadley Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 8 August 2006 9:12 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: >>> Meeting Tomorrow - Tuesday 8 Aug 2006 <<< On Tuesday 08 August 2006 09:00, Nick Rout wrote: > Mightn't we be better to build a wireless AP with donated bits as a > linux box? I mean a commercial box like Don offered has a plug and go > advantage, but we are, ummm, a linux group! > > If we buy a ready built, I believe we should at least go for one that > runs linux! If you can build an AP cheaper then buying one then go for it. If you are going to buy one, then a good option is the Linksys WRT54GL which is pretty cheap, and is sold pretty much specifically for loading custom Linux firmware on. It's ~$150 hads -- http://nicegear.co.nz New Zealand's VoIP supplier
