Re: WiFi AP, is WRT54G the way to go ?

"Voytek Eymont" <[email protected]> writes:

> I need to setup a WiFi access to a small LAN, if I recall from past
> discussions, WRT54G was often mentioned, is that still a good choice?

Someone else pointed out the WRT54G*L* — but didn't explain why, and that is
that Linksys decided to make the WRT54G itself less expensive by dropping
Linux on it, but kept the *L* version in production with Linux running for
folks to hack on.

> what version(s) of WRT54G to get/not get?
> what third party firmware should I look at?

Whichever one provides the features you need, and which are missing in the
stock firmware image, given that it will void your warranty when you change
it, and that makes it an expensive brick if it fails.

> whilst I don't envisage needing anything beyond what standard device
> provides, I don't mind trying some new stuff to see

Anyway, I would get an 802.11n dual-band router, and would pay some attention
to the number of transmit/receive antennas and data streams the device can
handle, since that somewhat influences the bandwidth available.

The extra bandwidth is reasonably desirable, as is access to the fairly clear
5GHz band, and it is harder and harder to find client systems that don't have
802.11n support in them.

Regards,
        Daniel
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