RE: New WiFi AP recommendation

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have/use Linux, so that's not a problem... don't have a mac
either,
so this isn't something I'd actually thought about or looked at, but the
airport extreme does actually look like quite a good solution for my PC
only, plus ipad/pod/phone devices... (which are increasingly almost the
only
devices I now use the WiFi for...)

Anyone know if the hard disk sharing works with these? - is there an
"app
for that" as they say?... :-)  (I don't currently have a mobile-me
subscription, and hadn't planned on getting one).

The other worry I have, is that in typical Apple fashion, it will all work
perfectly, and completely reliably, but will do so in the way that
"Steve"
thinks it should work, which may not necessarily correlate to how *I* want
it to work, and it will be the devils own job to get at the advanced
settings to configure things "just so"...

It makes a point about other devices "making you do all the work"
- but at
least that means every aspect is configurable how I want it... - so anyone
care to comment about what level of control the setup utility provides? -
can I tweak the firewall settings for instance?

Cheers.

Paul G.




-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jim Noble
Sent: 10 November 2010 13:05
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] New WiFi AP recommendation


On 10 Nov 2010, at 11:29, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Looks like my Netgear AP is giving up the ghost.... frequent outages
&
> dropouts now... so I need to replace it... - looking for
recommendations
for
> a standalone WiFi AP - ideally something more reliable -
"enterprise
grade"
> Note I don't want to use the embedded WiFi on my router, since part of
my
> wireless security (and power saving) strategy is to remotely turn the
AP
off
> when the house is unoccupied (currently by X10 from Comfort), so it
has to
> be standalone.. - obviously this also gives better flexibility with
> positioning...

Apple Airport Extreme?

The config utility is available for Windows if you don't have a Mac (don't
think there's a Linux version though - but it might work with wine?)...

Jim

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