Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 17:54 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: Anyway what device would the list wisdom recommend? I use a d-link dsl-604t. No frills, no whistles. Just works. However, I may have a different outlook on wireless security than most: I assume it's going to be broken, and protect

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Phill Coxon
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 17:59 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: I use a d-link dsl-604t. No frills, no whistles. Just works. However, I may have a different outlook on wireless security than most: I assume it's going to be broken, and protect sensitive data accordingly. Because of this, I only use

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Hadley Rich
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 18:20 +1200, Phill Coxon wrote: The D-links I've used I've always found to be pretty flakey. Me too, but I've also heard people who are happy with them such as Steve. It seems very hard to find a source that compares / reviews ADSL modems unfortunately. I've had good

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Craig Falconer
Christopher Sawtell wrote, On 04/14/2010 05:54 PM: Anyway what device would the list wisdom recommend? Depends on a lot of things. At work we absolutely recommend a cisco SR520, or a SR520W if you want an AP.However I realise this is outside the reach of most home users. If you find an

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Hadley Rich
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 19:17 +1200, Craig Falconer wrote: Personally I don't mind a venerable linksys WRT54GL but its only an ethernet router, you still need a DSL modem and then you're in the realms of double NAT. I still use one of these myself, they're great. Behind a Draytek modem doing

RE: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Bryce Stenberg
-Original Message- From: Craig Falconer [mailto:cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz] My folks got a linksys WAG54G2 - new about $150 at the time. Does everything and has fair wireless range despite having no external aerials. Probably you'd get an 802.11N variant nowdays. I have the

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Bryce Stenberg br...@hrnz.co.nz wrote: -Original Message- From: Craig Falconer [mailto:cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz] My folks got a linksys WAG54G2 - new about $150 at the time.   Does everything and has fair wireless range despite having no external

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Craig Falconer
Christopher Sawtell wrote, On 04/14/2010 10:51 AM: I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected occasionally, but it was a utterly hit and

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Phill Coxon
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 10:51 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: Greetings CLUGgers, I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Robert Fisher
Greetings CLUGgers,   I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very connected occasionally, but it was a utterly hit and miss affair.   War

Re: Connecting to a Thompson WiFi router.

2010-04-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 14 April 2010 14:30, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: Greetings CLUGgers, I have been trying persuade an updated to the moment Linux lappie to connect to a Thompson ADSL to WiFi router as supplied 'free' by the Telebrats. Result - Singular lack of success. It very