Since my recent actiontec router fiasco, our office has lost its guest wireless.
Tried to set up an extra Linksys WAP610N we had in the closet for guest wireless, and the things a piece of junk. As soon as you turn off the default WPS setup, the whole config corrupts, it stops talking to the DHCP server and you cant ping it anymore. You cant even get into the web config unless you're connected via wifi (unless you turned that off before). The only remedy is a factory reset. Tried updating to the latest firmware and the issue persists. And of course, if you change the admin password you cant reach the web config by wireless anymore even if it's still enabled.
It's out of warranty and Cisco wants to charge me half the cost of a new one to "troubleshoot" it, and the Amazon reviews are plagued with similar issues. This thing needs to go in the trash, and it's time for a replacement!
We have two small offices (one never had wifi, might as well do both at once), the WIFI is used pretty much by me and for the occasional guest access. One office is layed out as a long ~200ft hallway full of cubicles, so i'm looking for an AP I can put in the middle and get decent coverage for the whole office. The other office is smaller and a more traditional square shape, so tossing any decent AP in the server room will cover the whole space. I'm looking to come in under $100 for each AP if possible, are there any decent APs in this range? There's no room for expansion in either office, so there's no need for seamless roaming or any enterprise level features like that. Just standard B/G/N, a gigabit ethernet port, and *reliability*.
Thanks!
Tried to set up an extra Linksys WAP610N we had in the closet for guest wireless, and the things a piece of junk. As soon as you turn off the default WPS setup, the whole config corrupts, it stops talking to the DHCP server and you cant ping it anymore. You cant even get into the web config unless you're connected via wifi (unless you turned that off before). The only remedy is a factory reset. Tried updating to the latest firmware and the issue persists. And of course, if you change the admin password you cant reach the web config by wireless anymore even if it's still enabled.
It's out of warranty and Cisco wants to charge me half the cost of a new one to "troubleshoot" it, and the Amazon reviews are plagued with similar issues. This thing needs to go in the trash, and it's time for a replacement!
We have two small offices (one never had wifi, might as well do both at once), the WIFI is used pretty much by me and for the occasional guest access. One office is layed out as a long ~200ft hallway full of cubicles, so i'm looking for an AP I can put in the middle and get decent coverage for the whole office. The other office is smaller and a more traditional square shape, so tossing any decent AP in the server room will cover the whole space. I'm looking to come in under $100 for each AP if possible, are there any decent APs in this range? There's no room for expansion in either office, so there's no need for seamless roaming or any enterprise level features like that. Just standard B/G/N, a gigabit ethernet port, and *reliability*.
Thanks!
