Re: access points with QoS

madwifi has WME now, so you could purchase a QoS able AP from... Metrix!

(or about anyone else, but I digress.)

If you run a service on WRT54Gs, you will get what you deserve.

jim

On Jan 21, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Paul English wrote:

>
> That's why I acknowledged that it is "off-topic" since the wired
> (Ethernet) QoS is what I'm interested in for VOIP. It looks like 
> ethernet
> QoS has been added to the WRT54G/S and I was wondering if it was on any
> other Linux-based/capable APs.
>
> That said - after more web searching it seems like all, or almost all 
> of
> the commercial APs that are linux compatible are based on an almost
> identical architecture to the WRT54G/S, and many (most?) of them have 
> been
> less than cooperative with providing the linux source code as they are
> supposed to under the GPL. So it also appears that the WRT54G/S is the
> only AP that both has QoS in the manufacturer firmware *and* can
> "conveniently" run linux.
>
> So I've mostly answered my own question with web searching, but
> confirmation would be good.
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>>
>> running the kernel's wireline (Ethernet) QoS features won't do 
>> anything
>> about what happens
>> on the RF side.  (OK, it won't do much.)
>>
>> You need 802.11e (WME) for that.   I don't think the WRT54x support
>> WME, yet.   The madwifi driver does though.  :-)
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2005, at 8:04 AM, Paul English wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> This question is a little off-topic since it isn't strictly a 
>>> wireless
>>> feature (although I understand it will be integrated into the 802.11e
>>> spec).
>>>
>>> What access points/routers provide QoS using the manufacturer's
>>> firmware?
>>>
>>> To start the list:
>>>
>>> Linksys WRT54G
>>> Linksys WRT54GS
>>>
>>> QoS didn't make the hardware comparison page, probably because it 
>>> isn't
>>> strickly a wireless feature, but I figure the knowledge is probably 
>>> on
>>> this list.
>>>
>>> I realize that any AP that is capable of being hacked to run Linux 
>>> can
>>> do
>>> QoS with Linux running on it. I also realize that I've got enough
>>> projects
>>> stacked up that if I purchase an AP to do QoS and I'm relying on
>>> hacking
>>> it it will probably take me a long time to get around to it, whereas
>>> if I
>>> can pull it out of the box and click on a couple of web buttons then
>>> I'll
>>> have QoS much sooner. :-)
>>>
>>> It looks like the WRT54G runs about $50 these days, and the WRT54GS
>>> about
>>> $70 - not bad!
>>>
>>>
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