OT: Trying to offload some new wireless network hardware

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sun Feb 1 15:53:36 UTC 2009


David J Patrick wrote:
> Peter wrote:
>> David J Patrick <djp at ...> writes:
>>> pick ME ! pick ME !
>>
>> I do not dare to ask why you would need it :) Speaking of which, has
>> anyone here
>> good/bad experiences with an ASUS WL-330 usb wifi access point ? I am
>> interested
>> (very) in Linux experiences with this device.
> linuxcaffe's access points are working fine, but our central router
> gave up the ghost a while ago. Our principal packet re-director is a
> consumer-grade Belkin piece o junk, and I'm hoping to upgrade. I'm
> debating the use of an "appliance", like a WRT, vs. a "snottier" box,
> like P4, and a stack of NICs.
>
> As a result of a protracted seasonal slow-down + general economic
> slowdown, our purchasing power is.. uhhh limited, so I'm looking to
> replace the broken junk with working junk.
>

My home firewall is a Linux box, with 3 NICs.  The 3rd NIC is used for
WiFi access, so that should anyone break the WPA2 encryption, they'll
find themselves on the outside of my firewall, which is configured to
allow only SSH (asymmetrical key only) and OpenVPN through.

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