[ale] Quick (5 words or less), Brand / Model recommendation...

[Aaron Ruscetta]

THANKS EVERYONE for the input on this.

Went with the Buffalo WZR-HP-300-NH2 (or some other dyslexic
version of that string) since it came ready to plug and play with
DD-WRT installed.

Purchased from Fry's for ~$60.00.  They had many on the shelf, brown
boxes with prominent DDWRT stickers -- a couple other DD-WRT models
on the shelf as well.

Sales help immediately knew what I was asking for and why (of course,
the prominent penguin on my Atlanta Linux Enthusiast - Lisa '04  T-shirt
might have been a hint).

Installed it at Atlanta Friends Meeting house on Sunday - total no brainer.
MUCH better range than the old Linksys it replaced -- was showing solid
signal across the whole 60yds of the of the meeting space.

in peace, with appreciation for this community,
aaron





On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:50 PM, David Millians <millia at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/16/14, 5:56 PM, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
>>
>> Will post results Ed, if there is anything statistically significant.
>>
>> So far I just have JD and he didn't have a stock software
>> model recommendation because the word is out that most
>> router companies have been building back doors into their
>> products for years.  His one after thought suggestion was
>> that Buffalo models might be a choice since they come
>> with DD-WRT installed.
>>
>>
>
> And yes, Buffalo. Hardware is very reliable, and (as said) on some models
> you can have DDWRT. I was very happy when they let them back in the market.
> Just upgraded at home to the newer WZR300 (?) that does support it, and it
> was just about $80.
>
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