Re: Fw: Robust Access Point Recomendation?

["rb_ziggy" <richard.boreham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks all

I'd condidered the Linksys ones - prob have a go at one of these and
hope it does the trick.

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Gareth Cook <g@u...> wrote:
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> I have a pair of Linksys WAP54G's - fantastic coverage (I can surf
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> I'm running a slightly modded firmware , available from
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> Never missed a beat. It supports MAC restrictions and WPA-PSK
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> Does anyone have a recommendation for a rock solid AP.
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> I have a US Robotics 802.11b unit at the moment (v cheap from=20
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> to cause my Dell Axim X30's to lock up when running XLobby.=20
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> doesnt need to be high performance 'b' is fine!).
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> So if you can recomment a 'value' AP that doesn't 'drop out' (has a=20
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> (As an aside, I'm assuming that the current AP appearing to drop a=20
> pole every minute or two from Netstumbler is rare/wrong and that=20
> most people don't get this.  Is this true or do most AP's seem to
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> Thanks for this.  This locking is proving to be a real pain.  Apart=20
> from this the setup is really good and if I could get the
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> Thx
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