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Manuel Kasper wrote: > Adam Nellemann wrote: > > >>Anyone know of something they can recomend? (I would need a "g" or >>"b+" type AP with good WEP support, but otherwise I'd prefer stability >>over features, seeing as m0n0wall has got everything I need.) > > > If you're ready to cough up the big bucks, buy Cisco. :) My trusty old > Cisco AP 350 with its several hundred days of uptime has never ever > crashed or failed to interoperate with any kind of wireless client. The > new AP 1200s are very good too. Thing is just that they're not cheap... > > >>Talking about alternate stuff: Anyone happen to have any experience >>with those "converters" that will allow a TP LAN to "tunnel" through a >>normal AC powerline? (I'd like to know if this works well enough to be >>another alternative, besides wireless, to drilling holes in my walls: >>Is it fast? Does it do other than point-to-point etc.) > > > You mean HomePlug powerline bridges? I use a pair of them for my link to > the basement where I can't run any TP cables. You can use up to 16, so > it's not limited to point-to-point. My experience with them has been > mixed. I've used them for over a year now, and while they've never > locked up or anything, the data rate varies considerably with the > electrical load. Expect data rates to be pretty bad if you connect them > to the same wall outlet as your computer(s). Don't expect to get > anywhere close to the advertised 14 Mbps - I'm getting about 4.5 Mbps in > one direction and 2.5 in the other. From time to time the connection > drops out for a few seconds, but mostly I'm still glad I have them as > there would be no way of running servers in the basement otherwise. > > I even wrote a BSD program to set the encryption key on Intellon-based > bridges: > > http://neon1.net/prog/plconfig.html > > and if you want to have a look at the guts of a powerline bridge: > > http://neon1.net/misc/powerline/bridge.html > > HTH, > > Manuel Thanks for the info Manuel, I'll go look for a Cisco AP... Adam. |