Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:54:30PM +, Richard Lyons wrote: > I second that. I am also wondering about getting a signal in two or > more hops up a valley about one kilometer in the Appennine alps. If you have a free line of sight, you could cover several km even with relatively crude aerials

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-12 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:49:51AM +, Dave Howorth wrote: > Eugen Leitl wrote: > >This is getting a bit offtopic for the list, perhaps we should take it to > >private mail. > > Please keep it on the list. It's a very interesting thread. > I second that. I am also wondering about getting a sig

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-09 Thread Dave Howorth
Eugen Leitl wrote: This is getting a bit offtopic for the list, perhaps we should take it to private mail. Please keep it on the list. It's a very interesting thread. Cheers, Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:52:06AM +0100, Conrad Newton wrote: > For the moment I am only interested in home use, but just to satisfy > my curiosity, could you describe an alternate setting where you have > used a different set of antennae? I haven't yet modified a Linksys box, only read other pe

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-09 Thread Conrad Newton
>From Eugen Leitl on Wednesday, 2004-12-08 at 16:15:49 +0100: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:04:43PM +0100, Conrad Newton wrote: > > > > Linksys WRT54GS and Sveasoft firmware + fwbuilder. Don't diss Linksys: > > > their > > > firmware is pure crap, but the hardware (radios) is excellent (you'll nee

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:44:11AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 00:23, Richard Lyons wrote: [...] > > > > 3com Office Connect ADSL wireless 11g firewall router > > 3CRWE754G72-A-UK > > > > Belkin 54g wireless DSL/Cable gateway router > > F5D7230UK4 > > > > D

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Conrad Newton
>From Eugen Leitl on Wednesday, 2004-12-08 at 09:26:41 +0100: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:33:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > The Netgear is indeed the one you want. I'll just about gauraunteed to > > be higher quality than Linksys for a couple dozen dollars cheaper. > > Linksys WRT54GS a

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:04:43PM +0100, Conrad Newton wrote: > > Linksys WRT54GS and Sveasoft firmware + fwbuilder. Don't diss Linksys: their > > firmware is pure crap, but the hardware (radios) is excellent (you'll need > > better aerials than default ones though). > > I just got one of these,

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Chris Lale
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 00:23, Richard Lyons wrote: > Apologies if this subject has been overworked lately. There have been > several threads on wireless lan kit, but I am still hesitating... > > There are a number of combined adsl-modem/router/lan-switch boxes > around. Looking on one well known

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:33:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > The Netgear is indeed the one you want. I'll just about gauraunteed to > be higher quality than Linksys for a couple dozen dollars cheaper. Linksys WRT54GS and Sveasoft firmware + fwbuilder. Don't diss Linksys: their firmware is pu

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 4:23 pm, Richard Lyons wrote: > The only ones that list (on that website at least) unix first and include > linux in the list of required OSs is the Netgear. That suggests that > the DG834G is the one to go for. But I am not the first to travel this > road, so I wou