Thanks to all for your replies.
It seemed FON 2.0 is an interesting prospect. But it's not available locally so that more or less rules it out. Joel's suggestion of tp-link wr1043nd is interesting, I will probably check it out. Thanks again, guys. --- On Sun, 18/7/10, Si-Min <[email protected]> wrote: From: Si-Min <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Slugnet] Any recommendation for wireless router To: "Anton" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], "TH Tan" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 18 July, 2010, 6:02 AM Hi All, Just want to share few things since I often deploy Wi-Fi Routers for friends. 1) Always get those Auto Channel Selections as now a days the default 6 is congested. 2) Now a days, I always go for Routers that support WDS (Wireless Distribution System) as it is getting very common that one device is not able to provide reliable coverage even for HDB Flats. * Buffalo High Powered G Model is one of the rare few consumer products that I linked up 06 to cover a massive mansion ( 03 above, 03 below) The downside is when it is on WDS, it can only do WEP. The new N Models, I did not have hands on yet but to the best of my knowledge. The "Highest End" with Gigabit Ports ( The 2 arms like transformers ) does not have WPS. The one that has 2 traditional stick looking antenna seems to support WDS ( No idea if it is still limited to WEP) but it is a must to be All the same model. 3COM which I am currently using supports WDS with WPA2 which is cool but the rest of the features in the router is a pain and buggy to use and they dont seem to bother releasing any firmware release, 2 years, 2 release, still buggy. 3) Lastly, I am keen on giving this FON a try. Should I buy from United States / Europe Countries? I am not good at this as rarely buy this overseas but in short I am just concern about the power adapter etc. Also any tips on how to cut cost? Some people says use VPOST USA, some uses some Citibank service which I forget what is the name etc. Hope the above helps... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anton" <[email protected]> To: "TH Tan" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:41:09 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: [Slugnet] Any recommendation for wireless router Found an interesting benchmarking site with multiple options: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_wireless/Itemid,200 http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/ Do check it out before making your choice. Unfortunately, Fon 2.0N is not in the list. It would be interesting if Fonera uses could run such tests :( Thank for the updated hardware list guys. On 11 July 2010 14:31, TH Tan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > I am thinking of getting a new wireless router. Any recommendations? > > It's basically for my laptop lenovo x200, which is 802.11 a/b/g/n. And I run > win 7 and ubuntu on the machine. > > Thanks in advance, > teck heng > > > _______________________________________________ > LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] > List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
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