[TriLUG] 802.11g

[Ian Meyer]

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I've been running a WAP54G for a couple years now, got it after my  
router to use up some CDW credit, and its worked pretty darn well for  
me as an access point, I can only imagine it'd be the same in client  
mode (as it seems to be for Greg), so count this as another vote of  
confidence in this little blue-and-black box.

~Ian


On Jan 1, 2006, at 8:18 PM, Greg Brown wrote:

> A word of warning about the WRT54G!!
>
> Any WRT54G hardware past version 4.x will NOT run 3rd party
> linux-based operating systems.  That said, you can opt for a WRT54GL
> that *can* run 3rd part linux-based OSes.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/csas7
>
> All that said my best success with wireless bridges has been using the
> WAP54G running pure Linksys code.  The latest version of OpenWRT
> doesn't work well as a bridge.  So, if you want an easy way to set up
> wireless to any Linux box using a wireless link I'd get a WRT54GL
> running some flavor of Linux as the "main" access point then have a
> WAP54G working as the bridge.
>
> On a side note, the Asus 500-GL Deluxe make a *fine* OpenWRT machine
> (it has two USB ports thrown in for fun where the WRT54GL does not).
>
> Greg
>
> On 1/1/06, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
>>
>> For desktops, I like to use a wireless bridge (some newer
>> ones are called "wireless gaming adaptors").
>>
>> I have had some good success with the older D-Link
>> DWL-810 (which does 802.11b but not g).  More recently,
>> I have used the Linksys WRT54G with the Sveasoft
>> firmware, and then set it to be an "access point
>> client".
>>
>> Whatever hardware you use, it's basically a box with an
>> antenna and an ethernet jack.  You connect the PC to the
>> wireless bridge with an ethernet cable.  No drivers, no
>> mess.  All configuration is done via a web interface.
>>
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
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