F-13 new wireless routers -

[James McKenzie]

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> writes:
>   
>>     Darn, I was hoping you had some experience upon which to recommend
>>     them! Yes, I googled and tried some of the places Ed suggested. It
>>     looks like there's a whole different WIFI industry out there apart
>>     from the product names we usually see in the computer ads.
>>     
>
> I can recommend the Ubititi RF sections in general because I've had
> several of their cards.  I just meant I know nothing of this particular
> supplier.  
>
> The AP and AP-like stuff (like the picorouter, bullet etc) all use the
> same Linux-based OS that my Ubiquity LS2 AP uses.  I have both an LS2
> and two of the PCI 2 Ghz cards.  The cards work find under Fedora (and
> did since FC4, I think).  They show up as an Atheros driver and it works
> out of the box.  The AP is just a well-behaved AP that cuts through all
> the noise when the previous ones got drowned out trying to fire through
> my exterior chicken-wire and stucco walls.
>   
Just make sure that you apply all of the known good practices for using 
Wireless to these routers since they have much greater transmission 
distances.

James McKenzie
SSCP 367830