Wireless Access Point for Business

[owensdj]

What would be a reliable 802.11g wireless access point for an office network? Any recommendations?

 

[Transition]

How many clients? Do you need any special authentication (WAP, WEP, Radius, etc)?

 

[owensdj]

Transition, I'm guessing there will be less than 10 wireless client machines. I don't know if any special authentication, but I'm sure I'll want to have good security.

 

[DnetMHZ]

If you want "good" wireless security it's going to take a lot more than just an access point.

But that is beyond the scope of this thread.

I'd suggest cisco/linksys equipment.

 

[owensdj]

DnetMHZ, why is that? If the access point provides WPA, WEP encryption, MAC address filtering, and disable SSID broadcast, doesn't that give it good security?

 

[JackMDS]

Rock Bottom price. Buffalo Tech.

Better and more expensive, Proxim Orinoco line.

:sun:

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: owensdj
DnetMHZ, why is that? If the access point provides WPA, WEP encryption, MAC address filtering, and disable SSID broadcast, doesn't that give it good security?

no, wep can be broken and mac addresses can be spoofed, if your really want security your gonna have to setup a vpn tunnel from the wireless to your LAN, it's overkill for a home setup but depending on your business it might be called for.

I'm just talking worst case here.