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Wireless Access Point [SOLVED]
Sir Carcass
I have been shown the end of my worldRound Rock, TXRegistered User regular
I have been shown the end of my worldRound Rock, TXRegistered User regular
Last night I guess my wireless bridge connecting my cable modem to my internet gateway box died. I took my WAP and bridged it with the WAP on the modem, which got my internet connection back, but I'm now minus 1 wireless network. So I'm going to buy a new WAP, but was wondering on what brand to get. All of my current (alive and dead) stuff is LinkSys, but I guess LinkSys sucks? Or is it okay? I've had my share of problems with it. What would you guys recommend? I'm looking to not break the bank. I was planning to spend around $80 to replace this thing (what it cost originally). I currently used it for Xbox Live, and my Wii and DS. I also recently ordered a laptop and will be getting a wireless card for that, so there's that too.
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2. Linksys WRT54GL and load some lovely custom firmware on it.
3. I haven't seen a laptop come without wireless for years.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
Linksys used to be the only brand worth getting, but I've heard that their hardware quality is slipping and a number of other companies are stepping up.
You can pick up a Linksys WRT310N for a few bucks (new or used), right now, and run dd-wrt on it. I personally like the quality of the Linksys gear, though I hate the new case design. The damn thing looks like a UFO has landed on my wall.
Doesn't Apple have a patent on white boxes?
Basically, our situation is such:
Due to the placement of our office, they couldn't put a cable jack in there. It has 2 exterior walls and shares a wall with a bathroom. So what they did was hook the modem up to a cable in the junction box or whatever thing in our closet. I put a WAP in there with it, then had a wireless ethernet bridge connected to my linux server/gateway, allowing the server to connect to the modem. There's another NIC in the server that goes to a hub, which our 2 computers are connected to. I had another WAP connected to the hub to provide a wireless network for other devices.
I think the wireless bridge on the server died, so I took the WAP I was using for my wireless network and created a bridge with the WAP in the closet. So our internet works fine now, but my wireless network is gone. Since I have a separate server for routing, I don't really need a wireless router but a wireless access point to create my wireless network.
I'm fine with buying LinkSys again, if it's recommended. I had just thought the consensus was their quality has slipped or they were always overpriced or something. I'll definitely check out Buffalo, Netgear, and Asus.
Oh, and the laptop. It's probably a good 4 or 5 years old. I got it for $50 from an equipment sale at work.
Also: Belkin is the biggest piece of trash available... just a warning.
Ugh, I couldn't stand having wireless in my WAN link. I'd really push you to run cable under carpet/baseboard, or fished through the walls following an existing line (phone?) but if that's totally impossible, I guess you deal with what you have.
Also, pretty much every wireless router can be made to act as a plain AP - disable its built-in DHCP server, manually assign it a LAN IP, hook a cable into the LAN side of it, and presto.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
The main problem with running stuff is that we rent this house. There are also no phone jacks in this room, only electrical outlets. (It's really a family room/dining room, the room you walk into when you come in the front door, that we converted to an office.) This works for now, until we get our own place. I'll definitely be buying with wiring in mind. The worst part is it makes troubleshooting a pain (took me about 7 hours to get everything working), since it adds several more links in the chain.
Good to know Belkin sucks, I'll avoid it. I'm about to look around NewEgg to see what they have.
Thanks for the replies. I appreciate it.
Of course, things could have changed within the past couple of years - Linksys may have improved. I know that Netgear still rocks, however.
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