[geeks] Cheap wireless APs

[Gaz God]

I have worked with the EDIMAX one, nothing special, but can't fault it in
the environment its used in, small office with only 2-3 users at any time.
It been running for 2 years without any problems. The only time I've had to
touch it is when the ip address had to be moved.

Gaz

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:

> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 03:29:23PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> > Joshua Boyd wrote:
> > > Does anyone know anything about the following, or at least other
> similar
> > > products from the same brands?  All are wireless access points.
> > > EDIMAX EW-7206APG
> > > ENCORE ENRXWI-SG
> > > TRENDnet TEW-430APB
> > >
> > > I'm mostliy leaning towards the last one.  I'm looking to use whatever
> > > one with a XO laptop and a MacBook or two.  On the other side, it will
> > > be either a OpenBSD, NetBSD, Linux, or stupid Verizon router.  I really
> > > don't want a junk wireless router that I try to set to bridge mode.
> > > Even less do I want an expensive wireless router for the same job.  But
> > > buying a Linksys or Netgear access point seems to cost more than
> > > respectable wireless router.
> >
> > Yeah, I've never understood why the price a simple AP higher than a
> > router.  My only guess is that they think only businesses buy APs.
>
> Maybe.
>
> But these days, most DSL or Cable outfits give you a router build into
> the modem with no trivial way to turn the modem into just a bridge, so I
> would think that more people would want an AP now.
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