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You can always set up an access point from a computer with a wifi card using the airbase-ng tool from the aircrack suite: http://www.aircrack-ng.org/ Most distros have this in the repos. On 21 April 2010 14:30, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Was looking to get a couple for home to replace the ageing 802.11b kit I > currently have, thinking they must be quite cheap now, but I'm sort of > surprised by their price - So as I'm a dealer, a quick look at the Draytek > catalogue shows the RRP of their AP-700 at Â69+VAT, so I thought other makes > would be much cheaper - but they're not! > > A quick look at broadband buyer shows prices rather high for simple access > points, and stupidly high for "business grade" ones. It would probably be > cheaper to get an ADSL router with built-in Wi-Fi and just turn off the > router bits. > > But I guess that's consumerism for you - everyone wants the "all in one" > box, so individual components actually start to cost more. > > So I'll probably stick to the Draytek ones - at the trade price, they're > cheaper than most of the others I've seen so-far... (Buffalo being the > exception, but not sure if they're really much good!) > > Ho hum. > > Gordon > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > -- Dan Dart _____ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html