So... an Apple Airport fits the bill. It's software is free, it's run on a flavor/port of Linux... Florin Iucha wrote: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 10:28:13AM -0600, Jeff Nelson wrote: > >> Florin Iucha wrote: >> >>> My Linksys WRT54G is dying on me and I'd like to replace it with a >>> real router/access point based on Linux and using only free software >>> drivers. >>> >> Define "real". >> > > Reliable and working hardware. > > My router used to need rebooting every half year or so. I haven't made > any firmware or configuration changes in a while -- but it's still running > the latest published firmware. Since two days ago, it needs daily > reboots, sometimes multiple in a row before it behaves nicely with the > other wi-fi devices I own. > > >> Don't give up on the Linksys just yet. You can run open source on it >> just fine if you have the right model (DD-Wrt, OpenWRT, others). THe >> price of a new WRT54GL (sold specifically for Linux hacking) is still >> cheaper than some of the options you're considering. >> > > I have the right model, but the hardware is dying: I don't believe in > bit-rot and a single reboot should have cleared the flippin' bits that > were touched by gamma rays. > > >> I also recommend the book "Linksys WRT54G: Ultimate Hacking" by Paul >> Asadoorian and Larry Pesce (Syngress Press, ISBN 978-1-59749-166-2). >> It'll give you a lot of ideas and how-to instructions. >> > > Thanks for the reference. > florin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >