John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:

>>I will be swapping out a Cisco 800 series SOHO router (not wireless).
>>This router/firewall can do anything I can imagine, and I can save my
>>highly crafted config on my PC where it is safe. So, I am spoiled.

>Why not keep the Cisco, and just use the WHR-HP-G54 as a wireless access
>point?

Agreed. The Cisco 800 will do the router part of the puzzle for you.
All you need is a wireless access point. The WHR-HP-G54 will work
fine if you simply disable the DHCP server and ignore the router
section (don't connect anything to the WAN port). How to setup a
wireless router as an access point:
<http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To#Use_a_wireless_router_as_a_wireless_acce ss_point>
The wireless section will do everything you've previously listed. The
main feature is a decent radio section and WPA2. However, with DD-WRT
firmware, I suspect the WHR-HP-G54 will suffice in place of the Cisco
800. It won't have ACL's and such, but most of the other acronyms are
there.

One catch on saving the configs from the WHR-HP-G54 and DD-WRT. I've
had the saved configs blow up between firmware upgrades. When I
upgraded from V23 sp1 to sp2, the old config didn't work (httpd
wouldn't start). I had to reload everything from scratch.

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