[NTLUG:Discuss] Wireless Home Network -- 802.11 v. 11a v. 11b v. 11g v. "54g"

[MadHat]

On Jun 21, 2004, at 7:31 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Jack Snodgrass wrote:
>> the wireless part is easy... it's the brand/type that's hard...
>
> Everyone seems to like the Linksys WRT54G which is a MIPS (probably a,
> 64-bit R4000 variant, like the original PSOne and N64, varies between
> 125-200MHz)  Linux box with a good amount of EEPROM and SDRAM (varies
> between 4-8MB and 8-32MB, respectively).

Yahoo group regarding the device would say otherwise.  Many people are 
having issues with this and it is not very well supported by 
Cisco^WLinksys.  I have one and it is the first Linksys device I would 
_NOT_ recommend.  It is unstable.

> About the only complaint I have about the Linksys solutions it that 
> they
> make is damn hard to switch away from the default channel of 6 in their
> router and Windows drivers (just set my father up the weekend for Day's
> day).  I like running on channel 9 for various reasons -- including
> trying avoid issues with 2.4GHz cordless phones (WLAN typically wins).

I disagree, it is trivial to change the channel with the web based 
admin.

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