[hackerspaces] What's your WiFi setup?

[Andrew LeCody]

I also like MikroTik/Rounterboard, but I feel compelled to point out that
they use injected/passive PoE, not the 802.3 stuff.

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Arclight <arclight at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would second the recommendation of the Mikrotik routerboard
> products. They are really the best "bang for buck" option if you'd
> like an affordable hardware router with professional-grade features.
> We use one as the router firewall for multiple sites, as well as
> access point.
>
> Various models have 1Gb/s Ethernet, 1W radios, programmable on-board
> switch, PoE, etc.
>
> If you need a wireless back-haul to another location, take a look at
> Ubiquity Networks. Their products are simple and they just work. Buy
> in pairs.
>
> They also have a new line of self-bridging access points products out,
> designed for indoor/outdoor mesh networks. Check out:
>
> http://www.ubnt.com/unifi
>
>
> Arclight
>
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Blackhold <blackholdmailer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > have you test unifi?
> >
> > at my home for the main router I use an RB750GL and 2 unifi AP.
> >
> > once on a hackmeeting I mounted 5 RB750GL, one was the master, an then
> > 4 communicates with that using BGP routing. Then each port had 1 DHCP
> > autoritative, so then I could offer connectivity to 253*4*4, 4048
> > users, simply what I had to do is put AP in cascade. With this could
> > have 16 different networks with communication with all.
> >
> >
> http://blackhold.nusepas.com/2011/10/configurando-la-red-del-hackmeeting-2011-meighacks/
> >
> http://blackhold.nusepas.com/2011/10/nodo-hackmeeting-como-esta-montada-la-red-del-hackmeeting-2011/
> >
> > for the internet connection I putted a transparent proxy caching all
> > the connections, in some cases, with a network with a lot of users I
> > found that ADSL default router died caused to the big amount of
> > connections, with a proxy in the middle router continued working :)
> > you have to take care, that the ADSL routers that put our ISP are a
> > fucking shit router, sometimes, the best way is to change it and put
> > some good stuff, as I told, at my home (I have fiber optics), I use a
> > mikrotik RB750GL, but if you want a good router to could manage lot of
> > users, I recommend you mikrotik RB450GL, or mikrotik RB1000 Series :)
> >
> > I wish it could be useful!
> >
> >
> > - Blackhold
> >
> > 2012/10/21 Felicitus <felicitus at felicitus.org>:
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> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> our hackerspace [1] has been hit by WiFi problems (clients can't
> >> sometimes associate to the AP, seems to be related to the amount of
> >> clients we've got) on the OpenWRT platform, and it seems that we're
> >> not the only ones.
> >>
> >> I'v heard from at least from one hackerspace who dumped their consumer
> >> router in favor of an enterprise solution.
> >>
> >> I'm interested in which WiFi hardware you run (especially if you need
> >> to serve 30+ devices on a regular basis) and what problems you've
> >> encountered.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Felicitus
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.raumzeitlabor.de
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