On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM, David E. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeromie Reeves wrote: >> Have you been changing the firmware on them? The majority of the >> problem with consumer routers is the software is built 'fast and >> lose'. I find the WRT54G/GS units to work well once changed. > > We buy the Linksys WRT54GL (basically, the old/good WRT54G before they > started taking out half the RAM and using a different, flakier > processor), and it's pretty solid as-is. If you need special features or > just have a customer you really like, flashing that router with > something like DD-WRT makes it even better.
I manage all customer end routers. It keeps the 3am calls down a lot. > > Three or four years back, we were flashing WRT54Gs and using them as > wireless client devices. Now that the firmware has improved (a lot), it > might be worthwhile to revisit that notion. Configured properly, it's a > decent wireless client radio (Broadcom chipset, I believe), with > integrated NAT and a four-port switch, and can be had for under seventy > bucks in small quantity. Since the radio is built-in, that's even > cheaper than the low-end Mikrotik boards. I have decided to move over to 100% 5ghz for network distribution and leave 2.4 as client side networks. Because we manage them it helps to stop from stepping on ourselves and from people dropping in 500mw/1watt amps with 7db duckies. Found more then a few of those and quickly changed the setup. They make a great network extender and have plenty of features. Now if only the PPtP worked with MT + UserManager. > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
