[TriLUG] Wireless net equipment

[jeffj at ro.com]

John Matthews <jvmatthe at math.duke.edu> said the following on the auspicious date of 2002-05-30:


>This past weekend I bought the SMC wireless+wired gateway+firewall that's
>on sale at CompUSA this week. It has worked very well so far, including
>the port forwarding so I can access my home machine from work (using
>dyndns). For $99 (after $40 rebate) I got wireless, 3x 10/100 ports, and
>shut down my noise firewall computer. I'm pleased so far with all the
>features I've used. And $99 seems fairly low, unless I'm just looking in
>the wrong places.

>Caveat: there are anecdotal reports of this router being flaky anywhere
>from a day to several months after it is put into service. So far, so
>good, for me, however. There are two model numbers, and the one at
>CompUSA is the newer, potentially-flaky version.

>Link:
>http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=284009

Are there any products like this one that aren't flaky and maybe have 128-bit WEP? Or maybe lack a firewall and have a better price (it likely will be connected behind a firewall)?

The Orinoco AP-500 sounds like an interesting option; thanks for the info Greg!

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