Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 00:23, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Apologies if this subject has been overworked lately. There have been
> several threads on wireless lan kit, but I am still hesitating...
>
> There are a number of combined adsl-modem/router/lan-switch boxes
> around. Looking on one well known UK hardware website, I see the
> following, which all meet that description (I think) -- and some include
> a firewall of one sort or another.
>
> 3com Office Connect ADSL wireless 11g firewall router
> 3CRWE754G72-A-UK
>
> Belkin 54g wireless DSL/Cable gateway router
> F5D7230UK4
>
> D-link DSL-904 - which includes a DSL-G604T and another item
>
> Netgear 54Mbps wireless ADSL firewall router
> DG834G-UK
>
> Netgear WGR614UK (but I think this lacks the ADSL modem)
>
> USRobotics
> USR019106
>
> The only ones that list (on that website at least) unix first and include
> linux in the list of required OSs is the Netgear. That suggests that
> the DG834G is the one to go for. But I am not the first to travel this
> road, so I would like to hear from anyone who has succeeded or failed
> with any of the above.
>
> And any helpful tips, of course.
D-Link DSL-G604T worked out of the box. It is configured using a browser
on http://192.168.1.1. I found that it occasionally does not save
settings in Mozilla, but Konqueror is always OK. Built-in firewall (NAT)
works well when tested from the Shields Up website. Mine came with a
free cardbus wifi card (D-Link DWL-G650) which works well using
ndiswrapper - see
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/InstallDebianSarge
Chris.
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Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>
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