[Noisebridge-discuss] WiFi router for the cool kids?

Ben Kochie superq at gmail.com
Mon May 27 21:24:19 UTC 2013


+1 to ubiquity radios.  Solid, cheap.

We use them at Noisebridge.  They have been working great. (Some people
complain, but it's always our internet connection that sucks)
On May 24, 2013 4:00 PM, "Jonathan Lassoff" <jof at thejof.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Bob Eastbrook <baconeater789 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > My Netgear N600 WiFi router has served me faithfully, but lately has
> > been having problems.  Time to replace it.  I keep it behind a pfSense
> > firewall, which I love.
> >
> > I'm looking for recommendations.  I could just get a new WiFi access
> > point and keep pfSense around, or I could consolidate everything into
> > one device.  I'd love to have something which made setting up a SSL
> > VPN a cinch.  I'm also into traffic graphs.
> >
> > I looked at access points from Buffalo which came with DD-WRT
> > installed, but they don't have great reviews when it comes to WiFi
> > performance.  I love the idea of having DD-WRT pre-installed though.
> >
> > What are the rest of you guys using these days?
>
> At home, I run a Soekris net4801 running Debian/GNU Linux and am doing
> all my routing, firewalling, QoS, and bridging on there.
>
> For WiFi access, I use a combination of a Cisco Aironet AP1200 for 2.4
> Ghz (solid box, but the least FOSS part), and a Ubiquiti Nanostation
> LoCo M5 for 5 Ghz.
>
> I love having a Linux box, as I can run and do just about anything I
> can think of on there.
> It's a low-horsepower platform, but it's great for routing < 500 Mbit
> speeds.
>
>
> If you're looking to experiment, I'd echo Adrian's suggestion that you
> check ODM boxes based on Atheros 9k series SoCs. They have decent FOSS
> support these days, and I experiment running Linux/OpenWRT on those.
>
> Cheers,
> jof
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