Re: Need a recomenation on a replacement for Bufflao WHR-HP-G54

"NotMe" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:...
| "Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in message
| news:ljqrq3hbhebre9a5fhd2qdi8d1bqjo3vh7@4ax.com...
|| "NotMe" <me@privacy.net> hath wroth:
||
|| >I've been using the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 with considerable success for
SOHO
|| >wifi and small busienss hot spots.
|| >
|| >Due to the legal problems the supply of the Buffalo equipment has dried
| up.
||
|| Not really. I've been buying WHR-HP-G54 routers on eBay from various
|| vendors in Hong Kong. The problem is that the prices are somewhat on
|| the high side. When they were being sold in the USA, they were going
|| for about $80/ea. Now, I'm paying $130 plus about $20 shipping at
|| best.
||
|| >First question is it possible or practical to purchase Buffalo equipment
| in Canada, Mexico or someplace else.
||
|| Yes. You can get them from Germany with DD-WRT pre-installed.
||
|| >Second what's the general consensus or recommendation on a replacement.
|| >Not critical but nice is the equipment supported DD-WRT
||
|| <http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices>
||
|| Sorry, but I don't have any recommendations. I've been floundering
|| around with various failures and not really spending the time it would
|| take to find something that really works well. My latest exercise is
|| trying DD-WRT v24 RC6.2 on a Linksys WRT-600N. This should have been
|| the ideal unit, with 32MB of RAM, a USB flash drive (for storing web
|| pages and accounting data), a serial port for running a ticket
|| printer, 12VDC operation, and dual band 2.4/5.7GHz. However, at this
|| time, DD-WRT can only operate the 5Ghz radio. The 2.4GHz radio
|| doesn't work. There's no provision for selecting or controlling the
|| dual band features. There are also bugs, such as the power light
|| flashing for no obvious reason. If DD-WRT can be pounded into running
|| a dual band device, this should be a really fine wireless router, but
|| not quite yet.
|| <http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24947>
|| Linksys does make a single band version as the WRT-350N with similar
|| features. That will probably be my next fiasco.
| '
|
| Thanks,
|
| I'm ordering one and if the process of getting it here works I'll like
order
| a six pack. Yes, a bit more expensive but if it works that will be worth
| not having to deal with a miss matched pack of hardware.
|
| That said I need a general recommendation on hardware (three units) for a
| short time to fill in until the over the pond hardware is in hand.
|
| I'm not particularly fond of Linksys but ...any port in a storm.
|
| Any suggestions on what I might consider either Linksys or otherwise.
Cheap
| and dirty works but the key word is works.
|

Forgot to mention I would prefer a single antenna system as that's how the
Buffalo hardware is configured.