Re: [PLUG] OpenWRT and covering a large area with wireless

["Randy Schmidt" <x@altorg.com>]

So I ordered the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54. I have read/heard good things
about it so I wanted to give it a shot. I heard that it increases the
range of wireless in general, and if that isn't enough, they sell
different antennas. I was going to flash it with dd-wrt unless someone
suggested something else. I'll let you know how it goes.

Here is the product page:
http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=124&categoryid=28

Randy

On 2/15/07, Will Dyson <will.dyson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/14/07, Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Two things that may be somewhat related. I am thinking about playing
> > with flashing a router with OpenWRT and wanted to know if anybody had
> > suggestions for hardware. I remember hearing Chris Shank talk about
> > doing this with some Buffalo routers.
>
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware
>
> I like the Buffalo units because:
>
> 1) They are cheap
> 2) The model number on the box clearly identifies the hardware
> (contrast to Linksys's habit of bumping only the revision number to
> indicate completely different hardware)
> 3) Almost all their units are supported anyway :)
>
> > The other thing is I have a friend who has a business where the
> > warehouse/offices are on her property but separated from her house by
> > a few hundred feet. Currently she has an Airport wireless router in
> > the warehouse trying to share the network wirelessly with her
> > computers in the house. The problem is the signal is extremely weak so
> > she cannot reliably connect to the network from her house. I was
>
> This sounds like a perfect application for a directional antenna.
>
> OpenWRT also supports increasing the router's Tx power, but this does
> not help nearly as much as you might think (because it has no effect
> on Rx sensitivity).
>
> --
> Will Dyson
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> Linux/Mac/Win consulting
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