Re: Any recommendation for wireless router
Ray Rashif <[email protected]>
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On 11 July 2010 15:05, Harish Pillay <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey guys, >> I am thinking of getting a new wireless router. Any recommendations? >> >> It's basically for my laptop lenovo x200, which is 802.11 a/b/g/n. And I run win 7 and ubuntu on the machine. > > I would heartily recommend the Fon 2.0N. http://www.fon.com/ > > The only downside is that you have to buy it online and it is not available > locally. I have two of them - one for the home and one when I travel. > > The nice thing about the Fon is that: > a) has 2 SSIDs - allows you to have a secure private use SSID and a public > one for anyone to use. The public one offers you an opportunity to make > money as well. > b) it runs Linux. > > <drifting off topic> > In countries which have 3G data-only plans (like Malaysia and Australia), > I use the 3G USB dongle with the Fon and turn the whole thing into a > mobile wifi-access point. And yes, I have made about modest $ from > people accessing the Fon spot :-). > </drifting off topic> +1 I've been away from home for a long time and when I do get back, the first thing I'm going to do is gift myself a FON to replace our aging-but-still-awesome Linksys WRT54G+OpenWRT :p -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]