Oh, good point. I like the Buffalo stuff to. But my all-time favorite for OpenWRT is the Asus 500G. More ram, more flash, more processor. All the good stuff. And you even get a couple of USB ports which for this application might not be as useful unless you are going to mount the devices in a ceiling. If so get a cheapy USB LED light and put it in the back for pointless kicks.
The only problem is finding the Asus 500g is kind of difficult these days. And I have no idea why that is. For what it's worth, I have never tried to load any 3rd part firmware on a WRT54-GL but would be very curious to hear the results if you attemped to do so. Greg On 5/22/06, Matt Dinsmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would recommend DD-WRT for the firmware if you are gonna go Linksys. You will get probably the same performance out the Linksys stuff with this firmware as you would with the high-end / pricey Cisco stuff. You will find that it is hard to find Linksys routers / access point that support 3rd party firmwares though. I believe there is a WRT-54GL or something out there now that is specifically designed to run "Linux" as it's firmware. I use Buffalo routers at home, which is the new recommendation of the DD-WRT guys these days. They are cheap too. I do however find the Linksys products seem to have a stronger signal. So you would definitely want to amp the Buffalo stuff. Matt Dinsmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greg Brown wrote: > I've used Ciscos before too, and if money is not an object I would go > with > these units if at all possible (running IOS, not that other OS.. > whatever it > is). > > Anyway, if money is an object I would go with WRT54G linksys boxes, NOT > running Linksys code. Why? For distances this great I would highly > reccomend amplification. In order to run amps without rediculious > noise you > need to drop the input power on your AP going into the amp. I've > found 20 > mw of power works best. > > Being as this is a point-to-point link you can raise the gain on the > antennas and the amps a bit to. Here are your limits: > > Total Amp Max gain EIRP in watts > *30dBm 1W 6dBi 3.98 > 29dBm 800mW 9dBi 6.35 > 28dBm 630mW 12dBi 10.14 > 27dBm 500mW 15dBi 15.81 > 26dBm 398mW 18dBi 25.23 > 25dBm 316mW 21dBi 40.28 > 24dBm 250mW 24dBi 62.79 > 23dBm 200mW 27dBi 100.2 > > So, looking at this we have a couple options. I'd go with Yagi > antennas or > dishes. Personally I would only mess with 500 mw or 1 watt amps, too > much > freakiness on the adjustable amps. > > Use LMR400 antenna cables. The other stuff has too high loss. And mount > the amp as close to the antenna as possible. > > Personally I'd go with Antennex Yagis, they are weatherproof and sealed. > Nice. At 14.6 dBi gain you can still go with a 500 mw amp and you'll be > just under max power. Anything more then 100 yards I'd consider going > with > dishes, but at this power level you should be ok. > > Use WPA between the devices too (keep the prying eyes out). If you get > adventerous try afterburner mode on the wrts. I've never tried it, but I > can't see why not. > > Anyway, those are my suggestions. > > Greg > > * > On 5/22/06, Matt Dinsmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I've done this before, not locally though. We used Cisco 350 bridges. >> Worked great, except for when it got snowy/icey which I don't think will >> be a problem here. We had multiple sites with yagi antennas. At the >> center we had an omni. We had a 3 mile radius. The extreme edges got >> kinda sketchy, but 100 yards should work fine and be stable. >> >> I would recommend the Cisco stuff, or even the Linksys ( which is now >> owned by Cisco ) stuff if this is tmp / on a budget. >> >> How is your line of site ? This is VERY important for long distance >> hauls. >> >> Matt Dinsmore >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Carl Crider wrote: >> > I am currently researching parts/designs for a wireless LAN here at my >> > office. >> > We need to connect a building that is 100 yards away from our main >> > switch. >> > This building houses only 5 PC's. Does anyone have suggestions on both >> > design and local shops to buy the parts? >> > >> > This will be a permanent installation replacing the current >> underground >> > fiber patching these 2 buildings. The fiber has to come up due to >> > construction. >> > >> > Thanks in advance for any input. >> > >> >> >> -- >> TriLUG mailing list : >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ >> > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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