RE: New WiFi AP recommendation

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm... looks like first blood goes to Draytek:

AP-700 =3D =A365-ish
Airport Extreme =3D =A3140-ish

That's quite a difference.... it would have to do something pretty special
to justify that... OTOH, it does look a LOT sexier.... :-)

Paul G.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gordon
Sent: 10 November 2010 14:54
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] New WiFi AP recommendation

I'm already a Draytek fan, having been running one as my main router for
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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
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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
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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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