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 2292926 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:52:51 -0400 Message-ID: <4BAB78C1.9010504@2rosenthals.com> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:52:49 -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, Leon... On 03/24/10 07:08 pm, Leon D. Zetekoff thus wrote : > On 03/24/2010 06:29 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > >> Alternatively, you could build yourself a nice little router which >> will run DD-WRT. Check out: >> >> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Mikrotik_Routerboard_RB/532 >> http://www.routerboard.com/rb500.html >> >> I have had good results with the VIA mini-ITX boards, too. The real >> benefit to building a box for yourself is that you get to mount the >> motherboard in a real case with fans and a decent power supply (though >> the little stuff is expensive for the space you get, so beware of >> that), and then choose your antenna(s). >> >> If you don't want to get your hands dirty, but still want something a >> bit more substantial than the LinkSys without paying an arm and a leg, >> look at the Ubiquiti or Mikrotik offerings. I can usually get these at >> reasonable prices through my Wi-Fi channel (no pun intended), so feel >> free to run pricing past me to see if we can get you a better deal >> than advertised. >> > FWIW If you buy a Mikrotik Routerboard it already comes preinstalled > with RouterOS. There is no reason to reflash it with something else. Unless there is a feature available in DD-WRT which is not in RouterOS, or you simply prefer to use something familiar or people don't want a proprietary OS with a licensing fee attached. http://www.mikrotik.com/software.html# http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MikroTik_RouterOS RouterOS is indeed quite capable; no argument there. It's just not DD-WRT. :-) It is, however, capable of mesh communications, which is quite handy. > You > can also load up RouterOS on almost any pC based h/w as well. The RB532 > I believe is EOL. There is the RB450G which had five gigE ports. > > Indeed, it does look like the 532 has been discontinued... It is still listed on the clearance page on RouterBOARD's site, however. Thanks for the info, Leon! -- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------