Wireless routers

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 05:44:59PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>    I am moving into a new apartment and the rent includes wireless
>>    access through the landlord's system. I need something that allows
>>    me to connect to the 'net.
>
> So does that mean you need a wireless adapter to connect to an existing
> wifi network in the building?

    Right.

>>> In my case I wanted simultanious dual band, and dd-wrt/openwrt support
>>> and lots of ram and flash, so to me $150 was inexpensive for the DIR-825
>>> rev B I have.  You may not need those features and hence think it is
>>> expensive.
>>
>>    I probably don't need that.
>
> You probably don't need a router at all.

    So what do I need?

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