[Newlug] Access points for use with openwrt

[Darrick Hartman]

Mike Putnam wrote:
> (after some wrestling w/DNS) The internet connectivity at the meetings
> has been facilitated by a Linksys WAP54G flashed with dd-wrt.  Out of
> the box, it is only an access point extending your LAN, but with
> dd-wrt it can route and serve DHCP, for example.

I've used X-wrt (which is really openwrt with a better web interface as 
John mentioned).  It's stable and works well on several devices.

The device support for dd-wrt is better, but the features are limited 
somewhat.  X-wrt for example can install a whole pile of additional 
software (if you have room for it).  I have two of these devices acting 
as an OpenVPN bridge between two offices for a local company.  It's been 
rock solid stable (on the WHR-54g Buffalo device).  The WHR-HP-54G has 
about the best range of any so called consumer grade wifi devices I've used.

Heck, you could even run Asterisk on one of these for a very small 
office/home setup.

Darrick
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