[GRLUG] top-end wireless routers

[Richard Nienhuis]

If you don't mind plucking down a bit more coin, mikrotik.com has
decent products that you can customize how you want.

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using a couple ASUS WL-330gEs, and I *love* them. However, I'm
> just using them as bridges, plugged into a Linux router. Want to know
> who's hogging all the bandwidth? Log into the Linux box, run 'iftop -i
> eth1' or some such. You might also run 'ntop' on it, if you want
> longer-term stats.
>
> I've had up to a dozen or so active clients, but never tried the 20-50
> you're talking about. I imagine that operating them in wireless bridge
> mode would leave the load considerations for your dedicated router,
> which sounds like something you need to start doing anyway...
>
> However, they only go up to 802.11g, so if 802.11n is a necessity, it
> won't get there for you. ASUS's other products are significantly
> lacking in the firmware department, and I don't know if it's
> worthwhile for you, in a production environment, to poke around with
> loading custom firmwares on them.
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Dave Brondsema <dave at brondsema.net> wrote:
>> I'm looking for a good wireless router that is better than
>> consumer-grade.  Here at The Factory (downtown coworking location) the
>> wifi routers we've tried haven't been able to hold up under load.  I'd
>> like to find something that can handle 20-50 clients well.  And of
>> course each client could have quite a few open connections, some may
>> stream video, skype, etc.
>>
>> As a bonus, I'd like a good management interface so if there is someone
>> seriously hogging all the bandwidth, it's easy to identify that directly.
>>
>> What do you folks recommend?
>>
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