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

[Adrian Chadd]

.. and the Ubiquiti hardware is always rather nice.

I haven't tried their very latest stuff though, but everything up
until late 2011 was wonderful and cheap.



Adrian

On 27 May 2013 14:24, Ben Kochie <superq at gmail.com> wrote:
> +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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