[TriLUG] Wireless Access Point

[Jim Ray]

I went to Staples or Office Max and bought 2 of the dLink wireless thingies for each of the 2 floors in my house. I have not complaints and have Macbook Pro running for MindCraft over wireless, Roku streaming video over wireless, 4 iPhones and iPad. It is cheap and works well.

Regards,

Jim Ray, President
Neuse River Networks
2 Davis Drive, PO Box 13169
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
919-838-1672 x100
www.NeuseRiverNetworks.com


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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Grawburg
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:02 AM
To: Triangle Linux
Subject: [TriLUG] Wireless Access Point

I live in a two story older house (meaning the walls are thick plaster over lathing). My network/Internet set-up is in a first floor room (no, it cannot be moved). I have a router that my input from my ISP (Greenlight in Wilson) connects to. Attached to the router is a D-Link NAS. When I need to connect to the NAS or the Internet I plug in an old wireless access point I got from a hotel.  Works well, but is only a 'b'. My primary point of use is in a second floor room.

Here's my question:  I have a mixture of Thinkpads that may be connected to the network individually not simultaneously.
This includes OS/2, Win XP, Linux. Two of the Thinkpads are 'b' and one is a 'g'.  Any thoughts out there about a new access point (or even a newer used one) that is a bit more reliable and has enough "umph" than something I'd get at Staples?


Thanks,
Brian Grawburg




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