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Hi Adam, On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 13:14, Adam Nellemann wrote: > Hi Hilton, > > Hilton Travis wrote: > > 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 model Wireless Access Point is actually known as the "EW-7205AP+", even though the model number printed on the unit is that which I gave above. > > 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. > > This sounds like a great AP, and since I'm currently looking into > replacing my wireless card in my m0n0wall box, with an external AP, I > tried to find the model you mention on the Edimax homepage. > Unfortunatly I wasn't able to find a GL2422AP product, nor anything > sounding remotely like it?!? This model Wireless Access Point is actually known as the "EW-7205AP+", even though the model number printed on the unit is that which I gave above. > Do you know if this is because they have discontinued this particular > model, and/or replaced it with some very different products, or am I > simply looking at the wrong Edimax site?!? Nah, its that they name a model differently on the box/website than they do on the actual Wireless AP. :S -- 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. |