WiFi routers in egypt | The Egyptian GNU/Linux User Group

Submitted by bluedoze on Tue, 27/09/2005 - 23:18.

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Hello,

I'm planning to buy a wifi router in egypt, any idea of the available brands and the prices ?

My original intention is to buy Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS, but I don't know about the price/availability.

Also what about netgear routers ? 3com routers ?

WRT54G

Submitted by whirlpool on Wed, 28/09/2005 - 06:21.

Those linksys stuff are available at some stores. I have seen them. They cost around 600 or 700 EGPs.

Mostafa Hussein

from US

Submitted by bluedoze on Wed, 28/09/2005 - 18:14.

I can get one from US for about 60$ but it comes with 110 V. power adapter, I don't like to use not-original adapter, but I may consider this if the prices as you mentioned.

What about netgear ? and 3com?

The best thing about the link

Submitted by MohammedSameer on Wed, 28/09/2005 - 22:00.

The best thing about the linksys wrt45g is that the firmware is GPL'ed, The openwrt project developed the firmware farther, You can even get the openwrt firmware and flash the router, You'll be impressed with the features you can get.

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I'm aware of that, and I pref

Submitted by bluedoze on Wed, 28/09/2005 - 22:47.

I'm aware of that, and I prefer to get the WRT54G, but the price is a factor for my choice.

Do you have the WRT54G router, if yes, what was its price ?

I was sure that you know abou

Submitted by MohammedSameer on Thu, 29/09/2005 - 02:16.

I was sure that you know about this since you asked for that model. I was just listing some FAQ in case someone gets here by accident.

I don't have it but I've seen it in action.

I have my own GNU/Linux based access point!

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linux access point

Submitted by bluedoze on Thu, 29/09/2005 - 07:11.

so you configured a linux box as an access point ? What SW should you install for this configuration ? what kind of HW you installed, is it just a WiFi card ?

I have a [dedicated box|http:

Submitted by MohammedSameer on Thu, 29/09/2005 - 17:20.

I have a dedicated box "The one on the left" acting as my gateway, I just installed a new wifi card and that's it.

It's better if you can get a card that is supported by hostap or orinoco because then you can use Master or Infrastructure mode which gives you a real access point clone.

The only card I found in Egypt is the cnet card which is not supported by orinoco or hostap, It can only operate in ad-hoc mode.

The 802.11 g standard states that ad-hoc mode can't exceed 11Mb/s while with Master mode you can get upto 54Mb/s, But this is what I was able to find.

Oneday the driver for it'll support Master mode, Just hope for a better future!

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supported wifi cards

Submitted by bluedoze on Thu, 29/09/2005 - 23:05.

what's the supported wifi cards ? Is there a list for them anywhere ?

Ever heard about google ?

Submitted by MohammedSameer on Fri, 30/09/2005 - 00:47.

Ever heard about google ?

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