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

[Jonathan Lassoff]

Ubiquiti radios also readily OpenWRT'able in most cases.

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com> wrote:
> .. 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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