From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 21 17:30:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ABB01065740 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from musikteach@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04B4C8FC0A for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl7 with SMTP id l7so67719yen.13 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:30:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=l4ud1eL62YMBv1EJiWuJGcRT2GmkejjCr45ww958dkw=; b=0+DEqsBD4vkccClIFxP6GWTzeTO44P4KY+STpeD/nlaKUVilQMBo3RAXSPmn1b4ac5 HyebsgdO7ZOK23e+GL+PRCge8zNH8WStqUIWhk+0cjTyym7LPgGHBTUm9mNWY7h0LDvy QHQJmiNuVJrF15MldERboGtY9ax4eVe0flvs4qrgZP7866JJtdXvg1f0b9xZw2zfwLYt Xt+Yzp7ZjMThf/OKMaSHsa08Ock+vIbL2hb1vy9+RSHEedPzPvJSfOQqCgHx1CVGtnt4 ZMFZqRox02+We1nZVTEkxeMi5fhPJqSJaWsW9v533IuGJee4p/+c6/WOhyvlk+ekSavd BmWg== Received: by 10.60.5.129 with SMTP id s1mr13318203oes.85.1345570205037; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ip98-163-115-74.dc.dc.cox.net. [98.163.115.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ad9sm1729589obc.8.2012.08.21.10.30.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:30:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:30:02 -0400 From: Bob Hall To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120821173001.GB5070@stainmore> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Repeaters [off topic] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:30:06 -0000 I'm using a repeater to grab a wireless signal and pass it to my local (wired) lan. For various reasons I won't go into a repeater is, in theory, the best way to do this. However, I'm having trouble finding a repeater that isn't garbage. I've been through 2 Linksys units, both of which required constant reboots and both of which died after almost exactly a year. I tried a Hawking HWREN1 which is still working after slightly more than a year but has trouble with encrypted traffic and also requires frequent reboots. I also tried a Hawking HW2R1, which was much less flaky than the HWREN1 and handled encrypted traffic OK, but died after about 3 months. Since these things cost $100-$140 apiece, it would be cost effective to to pay more for a unit that worked consistently and didn't die after a few months of light use. Has anyone on the list used a repeater that they had good experience with? Bob Hall