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Dan Farrell wrote: |
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> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:15:46 +0100 |
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> "b.n." <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Dan Farrell ha scritto: |
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>>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:13:25 +0100 |
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>>> "b.n." <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Think of an AP as a way to connect wireless interfaces to the same |
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>>> switch/hub as you can the wired connections. They usually bridge |
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>>> the connections. |
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>>> You're probably right; you only need an AP, because you likely |
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>>> already have a gateway/router. They sell for about $20 us around |
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>>> here, if you get them on the web. |
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>> Exactly what I thought. Thanks. |
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>> As for the brand, is Netgear stuff so bad? Here these gadgets seem to |
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>> be more costly, and Netgears cost much less than Linksys stuff. |
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>> m. |
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> In the area of wired switches, I have found that technology has matured |
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> and you get pretty much the same performance (100% bandwith) from any |
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> switch (I paid $12 for some of my switches). I wouldn't necessarily |
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> recommend it for enterprise-level switching (on the other hand, I also |
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> plan to use it for some later this year). |
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> However, I don't know whether this applies to wireless. I bought a |
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> dirt-cheap Belkin AP a few years ago and found it adequate, but the |
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> configuration paradigm was bundled (windoze-only) software. |
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The one gotcha with the different brands is that some of them use |
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cheaper parts that can't handle as many connections/open ports and can |
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thus get overloaded. You most often see this sort of behaviour with |
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Bittorrent, but I've also done it to a switch when I had a bookmark |
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folder of 15ish links (webcomics) and clicked "Open In Tabs" in Firefox. |
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It tends to be hit or miss. Previously, Netgear has had a good |
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reputation, but my only experience with their wireless routers has been |
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poor, with the one my girlfriend got (sadly at my suggestion) flaking |
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out pretty severely whenever a P2P application looked at it funny or an |
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app like Adium/Pidgin opened too many ports when connecting. The |
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solution was always to unplug/replug to force it to reboot. |
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One decent resource to steer you in the right direction may be |
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http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_routers. Note however that |
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when it lists the Linksys stuff, that's for the stock firmware, a number |
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of them can run custom stuff like dd-wrt. |
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(Just saw Grant's email as well. So I don't sound like a total Linksys |
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fanboi, I will second the suggestion of Buffalo as well. Everything |
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I've heard about their stuff is good news so far.) |
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Hope this helps, |
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Aaron |
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