So, I was at work today – I did a lot of stuff, most importantly, I set up our new wireless network.
Our office is in a rather large house that we try to cover with wireless LAN so everyone is always connected. Up until now, we've had a hodgepodge of access points; two really crappy D-Links, a fairly good ZyXEL and one no-name made in Taiwan gadget that supposedly is a wireless access point too…
But recently, I bought a couple of Linksys WRT300v2s, which I finally got around to setting up today, and I must say I'm positively surprised. As I have no computers with Draft N compability, I've only tested it with G, and I daresay it's an improvement over the old APs. The WRT300 is also a router, but for my purposes, I've disabled all the router features, so now they basically work just like access points.
First, to clarify, the WRT300v2 sold in europe is widely different from the v1 sold in the US and hanged publicly on tomshardware, news.com and other places – you can see the differences here.
On signal strength, I can only say that I took the new APs for a spin by walking around the house with a laptop and checking the signal strength, and the results are impressive. Even when sitting at my desk in the basement, I'm able to catch the WRT300 two floors above me with a signal strength of 60% with wireless-G.
So we're happy – our network got a lot better by getting these new router/APs. Now we use WPA2/PSK for security, and we no longer have connectivity issues.
And besides, it makes me comfortable to know that our APs are running Linux. It won't be long until there's alternative firmware available for our WRT300s, and I always wanted a programmable AP. Perhaps I can make it run Python :)
In other notes, my friend and coworker, Asbjørn Evensen, got another son this sunday. His wife gave birth to a rather large baby, 4.700 grams and 55 centimeters. Congratulations, and happy birthday, Simeon David Evensen.
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