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Hi Adam, On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 07:38, Adam Nellemann wrote: > Hi Hilton, > > Thanks for the model name update. NP - I hate the way some companies confudse and befuddle themselves by simultaneously naming things in a variety of ways. > Looking once again at the Edimax site, I still don't see your exact > model, but it's getting warmer! I thus found two products that might > possibly be their new version(s) of your AP: Yeah, I just had a look, and it looks like this model is now EOL. > EW-7207APb - 802.11b Enterprise Wireless LAN Access Point with 802.1x, > Radius Server, WDS Well, the 7205AP+ has 256-bit WEP (useless, since Windows XP doesn't support anything over 128-bit) and also 802.11b+ support (22Mbps). Aside from this, it looks like an update to my model. Mine has 2 fixed antennae, is approximately the size of a ciggy packet on steroids, and I cannot take the cover off easily since I cannot locate the plastic catches holding the top on. I've not played with WDS, but it may be something that has been added since the AP I have. Mine can run as an AP and AP Client, as well as a Bridge. This unit seems to have an inbuilt RADIUS server, which may be appropriate for those people wishing to run a WPA-encrypted WLAN without another RADIUS server available. > EW-7206APb - 802.11b Wireless LAN Access Point (AP, AP Client & WDS > Functions) This looks like the direct upgrade from mine. Similar to above, just without the RADIUS server. > Any of these sound like comparable products? (Specifically I'd like to > get confirmation that these are using much the same hardware as your > AP, as this would indicate that the same level of stability could > hopefully be expected.) My unit has a Samsung ARM 7 CPU - these two both have Realtek CPUs. > Aside from lacking g and/or b+ support, these two both seem to have > just the features I need, unlike most other APs which tend to have at > least some "router bloat". I guess I'd want the newer 7207, which seem > much the same except for WPA and more RAM and ROM space? Yeah, mine has the same memory stats as the 7206 here. - HiltonT > Hilton Travis wrote: > > > 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. |