With dd-wrt some images are free, some are paid, depending on whether Brain Slayer thinks the hardware is consumer or commercial oriented.
Greg On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Mike wrote: > David: > > No disrespect intended here, but I have been through the DD-WRT thing with > Linksys and Buffalo routers. The Buffalo worked better long term. I > probably did it with 20 units total. > > Isn’t DD-WRT used for commercial purposes a pay as you go deal? > > I used them once for a WDS network I set up and while it worked well when it > was working, would go in to mumble mode way too often. > > Sometimes when you flash the DD-WRT code, and for unknown reason, you end up > bricking the unit. They even say so in their Wiki. There has to be a cheap, > easy to use, reliable alternative that doesn’t require re-flashing and > fussing. > > There have been some good thoughts here on this reflector this morning. > > Friendly Regards, > > Mike > > Mike Gilchrist > Disruptive Technologist > Advanced Wireless Express > P.O. Box 255 > Toledo, IA 52342 > Mike's Weekly Column > 239.770.6203 > m...@aweiowa.com > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of David E. Smith > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:28 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:14, Dennis Burgess <dmburg...@linktechs.net> wrote: > got me. We simply use MT. Guess sometimes its cheaper to use a > consumer grade hardware and put some other software on them, but sounds > like more work than it needs to be. > > Assuming you're using something like a Linksys WRT54GL router (about $60 on > Amazon), it's not like updating the firmware from "Linksys stock" to "DD-WRT" > is that big a deal. You'd have to plug in any given Mikrotik hardware, > install the current RouterOS, and configure it, so the investment of time is > very similar. > > And, as far as I'm aware, there's no Mikrotik gear that includes five > Ethernet ports, wireless, and a pair of antennas, all in a nice indoor > enclosure, with the power supply, for anywhere close to that price. > > I wouldn't suggest using a residential router and DD-WRT for running a major > tower, but it's great for some weird customer installations where you need > more than a regular router but don't need all the features of RouterOS (or > the client is on a really tight budget). > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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