RE: New WiFi AP recommendation

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm already a Draytek fan, having been running one as my main router
for the
last 10 years or so (the same one for all but the last few months of that -
and I only changed because I upgraded to 50MB broadband).

The 800 looks overkill for me, the 700 provides all the features that I
think I'll ever need, but now the Airport Extreme has entered the fray as
well, so there's going to have to be a fight to the death...

Let battle commence!

Paul G.


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
David Balharrie
Sent: 10 November 2010 14:04
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] New WiFi AP recommendation

Hi Paul,
I had a failing AP as well recently and wanted something reliable. Having
had Draytek routers for years I was pleased to find that they now do WAPs.
I bought a AP-800 which I found very easy to setup, has a nice feature set
and PoE out of the box. A bit more money than some WAP units but I would
recommend one.

David
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [ukha_d@xxxxxxx] on behalf of Paul
Gordon [paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 November 2010 11:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] New WiFi AP recommendation



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...

I've always been impressed with the Draytek range of cable routers, and I
see they do a standalone AP... - anyone ever seen/used one (AP700 I think
it's called), - got any opinions?

Alternatively, anyone got any suggestions for a really reliable AP? - how
are Cisco these days?

Cheers.

Paul G.

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