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Ragnor

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#533446 14-Oct-2011 17:04

nathan: and a higher price

I just like the WRT54GL's but I do hear good things about the Asus N16 too

I don't really care for the faster wireless as all my media consuming PCs and devices are wired on gigabit and the 54GL is more than fast enough to keep up with my Internet connection

I have 2 WRT54GLs at home, one bridged into ADSL and then another one connected to the first doing a VPN to US

The problem with recommending a WRT54GL today is it only has 200mhz cpu and 4MB flash, it will be likely be bottleneck for higher throughput connections than ADSL2+ eg: VDSL2 and FTTN, 100Mbit cable etc.

deepred

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#534960 18-Oct-2011 21:17

$145 incl GST from Atech Computers.

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jnimmo

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#534973 18-Oct-2011 21:58

I'm currently a fan of Ubiquiti gear - I would recommend the Ubiquiti AirRouter.
Believe it can run OpenWRT but the Ubiquiti firmware would do everything you need and save the mucking around.
802.11n so nice and fast

$83 from Go Wireless

http://www.gowifi.co.nz/coming-soon-new-products/ubiquiti-airrouter-802.11n-wireless-router.html
or
http://www.ubnt.com/airrouter

AR71xx series @ 400 Mhz 32 Mb SDRAM 8 Mb Flash

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