[ale] ??Recomendations for new wireless router??

[Thompson Freeman]

With two suggestions for the Asus WL500G in a row, I'll have to look 
much more closely there.

Thanks to both Paul and Jamey for going a long way towards making the 
mud clear!

On 04/04/2008 05:57:19 PM, Jamey Owens wrote:
> My current favorite when picking up yet another router I don't really
> need 
> is the Asus WL500G Premium.  You can pick one of these up pretty
> easily from 
> newegg.  The Asus is one of the best pieces of hardware available
> right now 
> for openwrt with 8mb flash and 32mb ram, 2 usb switches and serial
> hookups 
> onboard.  Only downside there is that the stock firmware isn't very
> high 
> quality.  If you really want the standard home router options along
> with the 
> ability to have a good firmware overload whenever you decide to jump
> in the 
> boat there is always the wrt54gl though it doesn't have nearly as 
> nice
> specs 
> with 4mb/16mb.  If cost is no objection and you want it all there is
> the 
> wrtsl54gs which is pretty much the same spec as the asus for a 30-40
> dollar 
> premium.
> 
> If none of this sounds good, might be worth browsing through the
> listings 
> available at http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware to see 
> which
> 
> routers have been built to run stable with kamakazie and/or
> whiterussian.
> 
> -JO
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thompson Freeman" <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:06 PM
> Subject: [ale] ??Recomendations for new wireless router??
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > I haven't quite convinced myself yet, but it looks like my
> > Linksys travel AP/router has died. Or at least the wireless
> > access portion of it, which was all that I wanted to use.
> >
> > I figure as part of my "due diligence" before making a new
> > purchase, I probably should ask you guys for leads/ideas.
> >
> > Since it is for me, I'll probably stick to consumer grade
> > stuff, but would strongly consider flashing third party
> > firmware. I'm also likely to shop the brick&morter crowd
> > here in Charlotte, so clues as to how to ensure I get the
> > "right" or planned hardware are appreciated also.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
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