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Hi All, On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 14:38, Phill R Kenoyer wrote: > On Apr 5, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Manuel Kasper wrote: > > Personally, I'd recommend using a separate, dedicated access point > > where possible. It's easier, faster and probably more reliable (and > > sometimes even cheaper). > > > > - Manuel > > I do agree that adding a external AP would be better. The problem is > that there aren't any good AP's that are less than $1000. I've tried > many AP's and they all seem to lock up at random times requiring a > power cycles. > > This is why I chose to use a small computer that runs in hostAP mode. > I could have scripts that detect problems and reset the interfaces or > reboot the system. m0n0wall seems very good at this. I can still > access the remote AP's even if something goes haywire with the radios. > > I used to use Linux, but it would just crash all together if something > went wrong. Even the watchdog would not reboot it. I would have to > power cycle it to fix it. FreeBSD on the same hardware does not have > this problem....as much. > > Probably the best solution is to use a real AP and have a timer on it > to cycle the power every 12 hours. > > But in retrospect, I should probably have bought a $1000 AP for my WISP > as it probably would run better than FreeBSD as a AP. This Power Save > Mode has me looking over my shoulder every 10 minutes. I have a single laptop here that I run in wireless mode (I don't bother with the onboard 10/100 at the office, unless I'm doing serious network copying). I bought a cheap Edimax Wireless AP - model GL2422AP - which is an 802.11b+ AP - it runs my 802.11b laptop easily, and can also handle 802.11b+ devices - such as the laptop a colleague has with an 802.11b+ USB dongle on it. This unit has never crashed on me - not once, not even close. I'm rather fortunate, I believe, from the bad reports I seem to get from owners of all other APs that I hear from. I have not heard anything from anyone else who uses one of these units, so from my experience, all I can do is recommend them. It has WEP, WPA and Mac filtering as its security options, and may even provide SSID hiding - I have not bothered looking for that. -- Regards, Hilton Travis Phone: +61-(0)7-3343-3889 Manager, Quark AudioVisual Phone: +61-(0)419-792-394 Quark Computers http://www.QuarkAV.com/ (Brisbane, Australia) http://www.QuarkAV.net/ Open Source Projects: http://www.ares-desktop.org/ http://www.mamboband.org/ Non Linear Video Editing Solutions & Digital Audio Workstations Network Administration, SmoothWall Firewalls, NOD32 AntiVirus Conference and Seminar AudioVisual Production and Recording War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left. |