On Saturday 18 December 2004 00.01, Nate Duehr wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > >Nate Duehr wrote: > >>It's pretty much a roll-your-own kind of thing. Haven't seen any > >>Debian-specific packages for creating an AP or making it "easy" yet, > >>really. Of course, I'm not looking either... AP's are so cheap it's > >> not worth the effort unless the application is very specialized. > >> The PCI-based 802.11b Prism chipset cards cost roughly twice what a > >> discounted real AP would cost from an online vendor. > > > >The nice thing about my linux based AP is that, unlike every > > proprietary AP I've used, it doesn't randomly lose settings, crash, > > require some crummy web interface, contain stupid backdoor security > > problems, etc. My AP also mails me when it sees new clients, has > > powerful packet filtering and andwidth throttling capailities, and > > can be upgraded with apt-get. > > Hmm, I wonder if you've been using the combined AP/Router things. My > three standard AP's (no routing capabilities and NO intelligence > on-board - Linksys WAP-11's) have worked fine for years... I have a > version 1, 1.2, and 2. Agreed that the AP/Router things are a giant > pain. The only one I'd consider is the new Linksys one that runs Linux > under the hood and lots of people have alternate flash images for. > (That one looks fun.)
What exactly is the problem with the wireless routers? I was just about to buy one and would like to know more about you experiences. Loose settings, crash? That doesn't sound good. I was hoping to make it easier for myself by having all that stuff separated from my linux machine. Should I not? Best regards Olle Eriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
