What routers can you use to extend the range of your wifi lets ay across a 7 or 8 thousand square foot house? do you have to buy another orne of those things you just reviewed? Just curious as our router is about 4 years old and has taken several beeting and has never worked unless you were up on the thing.
Tc all and be blessed. On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Recently, Lynne and I had a remote play around with Dane Trethowan's Fritz! > Box router. i have to say that I was very impressed by the interface. It's > HTML, and seems fully accessible. > > Unfortunately, our Apple Time Capsule has now decided that its working life > should come to an end. Therefore, I began the search for a replacement. The > Fritz! Box caught my attention because of the fat that it's two USB ports > allow the addition of as much backup media as you care to install, which > suits me fine. The Apple Time Capsule was not my first choice right from the > start when it's hard drive showed signs of failure. To be honest, the Apple > Time Capsule is slow, way too devoid of configuration options and its price > tag was a little too high for me to be comfortable with. > > The Fritz! Box which we are getting is the big brother of Dane's, I believe. > This one has capability of handling up to 5 VOIP connections, and I believe > it's possible to use is as a VOIP/PSTN PBX as well. That could be useful > actually, and I may just venture back into the world of VPN telephony now. I > gave up on it some time ago as I only had the SPA2000 adapter and although it > works, it brings problems. This Fritz! Box has 4 Giganet ports, plus > dual-band, (2.4 and 5 GHZ. The smaller model only uses 2.4 GHZ which means > potential clashes with other wireless devices such as mobile phones. > > We will not be using the Fritz! Box as an ADSL router, as our Internet trunks > are SDSL and require dedicated hardware. But it's possible to disable the > ADSL modem and just use the Fritz! Box as a hub/gateway. Hopefully, I can > bridge it seamlessly into our networks. It will be interesting indeed to see > whether I can allocate different IP ranges and gateways for each port. If > this router supports that, (usually something found on high end non-domestic > equipment), it really will be a useful addition to our network family. As it > is, I am quite glad to get away from Apple's base stations to be honest. > They are very restrictive devices and, as I've already said, they introduce > bottlenecks on a bridged network. > > Gordon > > <--- Gordon Smith ---> > > This message was written using 100 Percent recycled electrons. > > [email protected] > > Follow us on Twitter: @maciosaccess > > <---> > > > > > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
