[geeks] Cheap wireless APs

[Lionel Peterson]

On May 21, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>  
wrote:

> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Most people want one device, and for consumers it is likely whatever
>> the cable/phone company gives them. Tech Savy folks want WRT54G
>> devices that can do everything.
>>
>> You need a big house to need more than one access point...
>
> There's that.  But since I have another far more capable router, I  
> don't
> need a wireless router that makes me go through all kinds of hoops tp
> keep it from trying to be a router and a DHCP server and a  
> firewall.  I
> just want a dumb AP that'll be an AP and nothing else.

In the overall scheme of things, you, like many others on the list,  
are an outlier in term of home networking.

I have an AP in the basement to get a signal on the otherside of my  
master bath mirror - it lies between my office and where I use my  
laptop at night...

Lionel