From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.200.11]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 2292879 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:27:11 -0400 Message-ID: <4BAB72BD.4030302@2rosenthals.com> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:27:09 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090827 MultiZilla/1.8.3.5g SeaMonkey/1.1.18 (PmW) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Wireless router References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Will... On 03/24/10 07:00 pm, Will Honea thus wrote : > ** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal" > on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:29:32 -0400 > > > > Lew, if you live in an area served by a telecom that used them, the Actiontec > GT70x WG series of gateways have given me good service. I thought about the ActionTec units after my last post in this thread. Indeed, these are fairly substantial units. > Intended for use as > DSL interfaces, they come in both wireless and wired-only versions as well as > single i/o points as well as 4-way. DD-WRT supports them but they come native > with Busybox Linux. In the years I've used them I've lost 2 in the 5-6 sites I > help support - both due to failures of the DSL phone input and suspiciously > close to big thunderstorms. :-) We just lost a Motorola Canopy point-to-point link at a municipal Wi-Fi installation we manage. My first thought was that a surge ran down and fried the PoE injector, but swapping that one for a known good one didn't help, so it appears that the damage was done up on the roof (oh, joy...heights). Never underestimate the power of nature... (Aside: Do atheists get a discount on homeowners insurance premiums by opting out of any coverage for "acts of g-d"? Just a random thought which occurred to me...) > The best part is the price - in areas with Verizon > or Qwest service like Colorado Springs, I've been able to buy surplus units for > next to nothing. A month or so back, I picked up 3 of them for $20 total. > Wow. Just like what happened to Westell DSL bridges ($5 new, on eBay). > Seems Qwest changed suppliers to 2-Wire and the local market is flooded with > them. The GT701 series lacks an ethernet connection for the output side of the > router but the hardware is there to add it - just buy an extra RJ45 socket to > solder in. > > Not as well known as Linksys, I figure that for the price they are hard to > beat. The one in my own office has been in service 24/7/365 since 2003. > > Excellent advice, Will. Thanks for sharing it. Cheers/2 -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com visit my IT blog www.2rosenthals.net/wordpress -------------------------------------------------------------