[TriLUG] Off-Topic are WIFI routers just getting worse

[Dewey Hylton via TriLUG]

or of course you could just hop down to interex (or wherever) and buy the
cheap stuff ...

https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=access point

you'll see the usual suspects in that category, in addition to the ubiquiti
models. i even see a couple of ZyXEL units for $19 ...

----- On Mar 23, 2017, at 7:14 AM, Dewey Hylton plug at hyltown.com wrote:

> https://store.ubnt.com/collections/wireless
> https://www.ubnt.com/distributors/
> https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=unifi
> 
> ubiquiti makes carrier-grade stuff, and their software works extremely well.
> your first step will be to setup the software, which works on linux (or
> mac or windows). then create networks in the software. then physically
> connect the APs and provision them. i also leverage the map functionality
> using both floor plans and screenshots from google earth. user devices
> can seamlessly hop from one AP to another, floor to floor, building to
> building, state to state. one past customer has APs in 3 states from
> east coast to west coast; one defined network, and things just work. i have
> other customers with more APs that are only spread over roughly a city block
> and i believe there is neither a nook nor a cranny in any of the 6 buildings
> which do not have great, seamless wifi - both guest and private networks
> leveraging different vlans and everything. and the software provides full
> control of every connected device and statistics with graphs ...
> 
> ubiquiti's "consumer" stuff can be found here: https://amplifi.com/
> it looks very interesting, though i've never used it. at least not yet. i am
> considering testing this at the new house when my mother moves in a few
> months ...
> 
> ----- On Mar 23, 2017, at 1:20 AM, Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 21:57:35 -0400 (EDT)
>> Dewey Hylton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> i haven't used a wifi router since the 802.11b days, because i've
>>> built my own firewalls ... but i've used plenty of access points, and
>>> what i've been the most happy with are the unifi models from
>>> ubiquiti. i have them at the house, at the office, and have deployed
>>> lots of them at customer sites ... their management software runs on
>>> linux, and works very well.
>> 
>> How do I buy a machine that's an access point and nothing more? I'd
>> love that. All that firewall stuff is just more complication making
>> troubleshooting harder. Once I have an access point whose input is cat
>> 5 and output that is ethernet over radio, my pfSense box in the corner
>> does the rest.
>> 
>> SteveT
>> 
>> Steve Litt
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