Ah, if only this were true.
1) Even if its only worth 5 cents, it will still be stolen unless it
is locked up.
2) The linksys is really only dependable for one-off's (meaning a
cafe or single apartment. The hardware itself is unreliable, and if
you use it continuously for a year or two, its not going to last.
This is why we use soekris boards for our park APs, and why the
budget for the APs in an apartment are based on using either Cisco or
Soekris gear. They will last for 3-5 years without having to be
replaced. The Linksys has a half-life of between 1-2 years of
continuous use (maybe worse if its mounted outside in an all weather
enclosure.
For a single apartment or cafe, using the Linksys gear is a great
idea, and the NYCwireless Supernode is built on this gear.
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On Apr 6, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Hammond, Robin-David %KB3IEN wrote:
True, actual installations are ALL DIFERENT.
I'm assuming door locks and risers you can trust ;) Providing
'adequate security' can always be asbused to give carte-blanche to
spend as much money as posible. And yet /stuff/ still happens.
I choose the linksys as it available everywhere, not because it is
good (or bad). Also they are so cheap they are hardly worth stealing.
Current linksys performance is not an issue I know enought about to
debate adequately. There can only be one 'best' of anything on the
market (for a given set of values), odds are i won't pick it randomly.
As always what (warantees) you violate is your own buisness. Google
some some lecture about capacitors, lightening etc and insert here.
I also would not build a revenue model on this technology either.
nuff said
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:04:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Hammond, Robin-David %KB3IEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [nycwireless] NY Press: NEW YORK: NOT-SO-WIRED CITY
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Hammond, Robin-David %KB3IEN wrote:
The most rediculously over engineered router I ever built was barely
over 1000. The least functional probably about 5000 cents. 50
usd. Im
presuming the 5k figure represents at most seven hundred for a
router,
leaving 4300 for access points, wire and various frobs. So if 3km of
cat5e goes for $400, there is 3900 remaining in budget. At $40
usd for a
wrt54g, that limits you to 90 something access points, at 2 per
floor a
45 storey building is unwired for $5k usd. With enough change
left over
for rj45 heads, a spiffy hub or six and a new crimping tool, you
will
need one when all is said and done.
I encourage my competitors to budget like that.
There's a difference between 'works for me after weeks of hacking'
setup
and a deployable solution that works right on day one, and on day
1000
without maintenance.
You need:
a) enclosures etc to make sure stuff doesn't get jacked.
b) pay for labor to run the wire around. It could be 300-1000$ for
that.
c) non-ghetto APs. I encourage competitors to build their business
based
on wrt54g and unofficial firmware
-alex
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge
even
where there is no river.
-- Nikita Khrushchev
Robin-David Hammond KB3IEN
www.aresnyc.org.
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