On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 17:28 +1300, C. Falconer wrote: > Adrian Mageanu wrote, On 01/12/2012 03:27 PM: > > Does anyone know of a wifi switch/router that has 802.11 /b/g and > > eventually 802.11/n, at least 1 Fast Ethernet port, at least WEP > > security, own power source, cost around $100, plenty of LEDs to show > > when it's on and, most importantly, a power-off/on switch? > > > > The power switch is a must, and much as I looked at wifi switches' > > images on the net, I can't seem to be able to find one that has it. > > Nope - very little of the low end stuff has a physical power switch. > What about a multibox with individual switches per port? > > Did you want ethernet router or a DSL router ? > > A cisco 851W would do ethernet, or 857W or SR520W would do DSL and all > the rest of the requirements, but has a retail price of many hundreds. > > BTW use WPA2 not WEP. >
Thanks, so I figured. This wifi thing is to be connected to an Ethernet hub to provide less secure wireless access to a LAN (and subsequently to internet) on a temporary basis. Hence the need to be turned off. The people using it are less technically literate but they know how to operate a power switch. Like a local temporary hotspot. WEP is easier to connect to, only a password needed. No need for DSL. On a different approach, you (or anyone) know of a wifi switch/router with the above reqs minus the power switch, that allows you to disable the wifi? Via a browser preferable. I mean really disable it, not just the bridge to the WAN port as Belkin does when you switch the wifi off, but leaves wifi-to-ethernet on. Not that I need a WAN port, but most switches I've seen in that range seem to have one anyway. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
