Need wi-fi gear, am confused.

[Perc]

I got tasked (well, it was my idea) to cover a biggish building with wi-fi. The place has a really basic ADSL connection with a wi-fi modem on the second floor. This is a non-profit so I'm trying to get away under 200 euros including everything.

I was planning to run an ethernet cable down to the first floor, install a wi-fi access point, which I then would range-extend with another one via WDS.

Is ZyXel stuff any good at all these days? It looks like they offer what I'm looking for at a reasonable price, but I need it to be reliable. Dualband 2.4/5 BGN at the same time wouldn't hurt either.


http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/wap3205_v2.shtml?t=p

http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/wre2205_v2.shtml?t=p

http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/nbg4615_v2.shtml?t=p

 

[burnsy]

I'm not sure if you are able to get Engenius products in Finland, but I've had great reliability and performance with Engenius products, especially the business side of things. I have two long range outdoor access points being used to connect to buildings together and haven't had to touch them in over a year and a half, set and forget. They are more difficult to set up though as the menus are not geared towards consumers/households, ie no wizards.

Check out Engenius' website: http://www.engenius-europe.com/
And for specific form factors for what you are looking for: http://www.engenius-europe.com/inde...ss-indoor/category/smoke-detector-form-factor

 

[argatoga]

How many clients? What material does the signal need to go through?

Even if you don't plan on supporting a Mac I recommend Apple's Airport products if you can manage the cost. The range is good, and I've never heard of there being any security problems with them.

 

[Perc]

How many clients? What material does the signal need to go through?

Very few clients, it's about 1/100th the use that a normal home wifi gets. I'm just doing this because we get shit 3G reception inside.

And the material is, well, air mostly. It's a huge open space. I was looking at Airports myself (that's what I'm going to go for once my WNDR3700 dies) but I just realized I need 3 of them and not 2 as I originally planned.