seeking WiFi router

[Alain Rochon]

I also have a USR8054 and am using the router, AP for my notebook and the
RJ-45 ports for my 2 internal servers, all since mid-march.  I'm connected
to Sympatico and am pleased with the performance of the device.  I have had
to reboot on 3 occasions, once when download speeds were about as good as a
33K modem, and twice when I could not send or receive beyond my LAN.

Alain

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Tim Writer
Sent: September 28, 2004 11:31 AM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: seeking WiFi router

lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org (Lennart Sorensen) writes:

> On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 04:42:59PM -0400, Taavi Burns wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:36:21 -0400, David J Patrick
> > <davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > I'm shopping for a WiFi (802.11b or g) router to use at home.
> > > Ideally it will feature 802.11g with ~4port ethernet. I have seen, on
> > > College St, Micro$soft and Netgear units, that seem to fit the bill.
> > > Anyone have any suggestions re: linux friendly hardware for a good
price
> > > ?
> >
> > The LinkSys WRT54G gets rather good reviews, particularly from the linux
> > front.  (this may have something to do with the fact that the router
runs linux
> > internally)
>
> My parents (non wireless) linksys crashes about once a week, so so far I
> am not impressed by them.  I wonder if they have unofficial firmware
> that makes them more stable.

I could be wrong but I think the wireless and non-wireless routers are
very different (hardware and software).

FWIW, I'm running a WRT54GS at home with the openwrt firmware.  I've been
running it for about a month now and have had zero crashes.  We installed a
similarly configred one at a customer's site a couple of weeks ago and it's
also been fine and we installed another one in our office a couple of days
ago.  Some wireless users have reported problems due to heat when boosting
the power output of the Linksys but, other than thtat, the general consensus
on the openwrt site (and others) seems to be that these areq quite good.

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905.771.0017 ext. 225                           thornhill, ontario, canada
http://www.starnix.com              professional linux services & products
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