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] _______________________________________________ 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]
