There is a client to admin from Windows hosts as well... FYI Eric
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Phil Pennock wrote: > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 20:17:28 -0500 > From: Phil Pennock <[email protected]> > To: Tom Perrine <[email protected]> > Cc: LOPSA Technical Discussions <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] Apple Airport Extreme? > > On 2011-01-06 at 16:42 -0800, Tom Perrine wrote: >> Anyone want to share experiences with the Airport Extreme? I'm thinking of >> replacing an 8? year old first-gen WRT54. I want to play some ipv6 games, >> simplify the home net and get some G and N wireless at home. The Airport >> was recommended by someone who is already running v6 at home (tunneled), but >> I want to get a wider view on value, reliability, etc. > > Requires a Mac client to admin; I had an earlier generation unit back > when I had a macbook pro from work, but after I switched to a linux > laptop for work (don't ask) I switched to a Linksys. Bought a Macbook > for myself last year, switched back to an Apple Airport Extreme, one of > the newer ones. > > Mostly it just works. The lack of ability to easily tcpdump on the > outside interface is a pain, the lack of UPnP support might be an issue, > depending upon what devices you have at home. Or you might well choose > to count that as a positive security feature. > > If using 6to4 for IPv6 connectivity then it will sporadically decide > that there's a problem with the tunnel, turn the status light orange and > cause a diagnostic pop-up on my Mac. 6to4 had issues, as did tunnels > from both Hurricane Electric and SixXS (different issues each) so I > ended up disabling IPv6 on the box, which is irritating. I don't > *think* any of the issues were caused by using an AAE, but I haven't > done a swap-in replacement with an IPv6-capable WRT box at the times of > problems to verify this, so it's just a lack of evidence, not proof. > > The modern units are simultaneous dual-band; when you compare prices > with the competition, a year ago it was very favourable, but the > competition has dropped in price. In terms of just working, the AAE is > great value. I get decent signal-strength throughout the house. > > At the more sysadmin-orientated side of things: > * Supports a separate guest network, but think that's wifi-only, so I > don't think you can set up a DMZ (but I've never tried, so I could be > wrong). > * Supports remote syslog and SNMP (don't remember which MIBs are > present) > * Lets you see the connected wifi clients together with dB s/n, which > is helpful > * If you attach USB storage, it can *NOT* be used as a Time Machine > backup disk; supports AFP and CIFS, I think. No NFS. ISTR that, a > few years ago with the previous device, I had an external disk > attached, HFS+ formatted, shared and it worked with my wife's XP box > once I installed third-party FS drivers, but there was some > temperamentality there. > > I'm happy with mine and would only even consider replacing it with a > custom setup running open firmware and my choice of OS; no way I'd be > happy going back to any other vendor's stock image. > > Regards, > -Phil > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
