[ale] Broadband wireless router

[Jerry Yu]

many residential 'wireless router's have both WAP (wireless access point)
and Ethernet ports. The tech spec for the item will list # of CAT-5 ports.
For starters,  Netgear MR814v2, v3, WGR614v6 are easy to admin and UI is
intuitive. They all have four CAT-5 ports as well as WAP. A wireless LED
indicator on the front panel, when you turn it off or on via a web page. For
link security, WGR614v6 supports WPA-personal, plus regular (broken) WEP.

VPN or at least SSH tunnels over the wireless link (& Ethernet link) will
afford you better data protection fro your remote admin work.

If wireless link is not trust-worthy to you, turning it only on on-demand
helps a bit but not a whole lot. you may want to go extra mile to segment
that network (and computers/laptop).


On 1/5/07, Steve Nicholas <stevefnicholas at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> All,
> Have recently upgraded to Comcast BB.  Works great so far.  Looking for a
> broadband router with both cat5 and wireless capabilities compatible with
> Linux (currently FC5).  I would only use the wireless for my laptop, which
> would be maybe 10% of the time.  The other 2 Pcs (mine FC5, wifes XP :-(
> would have a cat5 connection.
>
> My question is: is there a router that can handle both cat5 and wireless,
> but with the option of turning wireless off when not needed ?  Homes are
> close, and wireless networks abound in my neighborhood.  Networks bleed
> over, and I like the security of cat5 for my remote admin work.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Steve
>
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