Wireless Routers for Linux?

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Aaron Konstam wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 15:21 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> John Mason Jr wrote:
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>>> Bob Goodwin wrote:
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>>>> Can anyone suggest a "wireless" router they have had success with?

any ap that you can run openwrt on.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware

I've had very good luck with the Buffalo WHR-G54S, which is cheap ($53) 
runs linux from the outset, and works even better with openwrt white 
russian on it.

In production networks we use almost all cisco 1200 or variat ap's but 
they're a little pricey (~$700 with A & G) for home use.

>>>> I bought a Linksys WRT54g, gave up on it and returned it.  The
>>>> installation software only works with Windows and our efforts at
>>>> installing it on a Mac were frustrating to say the least. Tech
>>>> support is through New Delhi, the people are fine but the language
>>>> problem is near impossible!  That was replaced with a Belkin 54g
>>>> which at least came with usable installation software  but the
>>>> quality is poor,  I'm about to return the second one with an
>>>> intermittent power connector which has been causing maddening problems.
>>>
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>>> You should be able to enter all the setup info via web interface
>>
>>
>> Yes, if you can bring up the web interface, it doesn't always work.
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>>>> My FC5 Linux system has a Linksys WET54G "wireless" bridge.  I
>>>> discovered that when you get that configured wrong there is no way to
>>>> restore factory defaults except with a Windows computer and the
>>>> supplied installation software.
>>>
>>>
>>> Linksys user manual shows a reset button, but this may be different
>>> than your model/version number
>>
>> The instructions tell you to press reset and/or pull the power plug and
>> if that fails use the install software.  I have never been able to
>> verify that the reset button does anything of value to me?  I've pressed
>> it numerous times to no avail.
> I think you have to od more than push it . You have to hold id for 10
> seconds for the reset to be effected.
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