Re: wireless access point
matt zagrabelny <z@saturnsys.com> writes:
> what wireless access points (wap) are linux users using?
I happen to have a D-Link DWL-900AP 802.11b access point. It works
fine, except that I forgot the administrative password and now can't
reconfigure it at all.
> obviously cost, administration ability, reliability are all factors.
>
> * i would like it to cost less than $120 (US), new or used
My impression from looking at ads around here are that cheap access
points run about US$60; if you're paying more, it's because you're
getting an Ethernet hub, a NAT box, etc.
> * i would like to be able to administer it via a the web. (ie web based
> configuration via http or snmp) or have some decent linux based
> configuration
Look for ap-config in unstable, ap-atmel in stable, for SNMP-based
access.
> * i would like it to be a reliable 802.11b wap and if lucky 802.11g
I'd stay away from "802.11g" products (and notice that none of them
actually *say* "802.11"). I was at a conference a week ago with
Belkin-brand "54g" APs, and my laptop refused to talk to them with its
built-in wireless card; other people had similar experiences, though,
of note, those with Apple-brand laptops seemed to consistently win.
In talking to people I was told that hardware manufacturers, in their
rush to be first-to-market, all implemented different things based on
an unreleased draft standard of the 802.11g spec, and backwards
compatibility frequently suffers.
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