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If you’ve used WRE54E Randge Expanders and simply got fed up, use Linksys-Cisco WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Routers with dd-wrt and setup WDS to make them reage extenders.  In case you did not know, the WRT54GL router is a different version of the WRT54G that you can buy in Best Buy, etc. but the GL [...]

Although I only use this release candidate at my house (we generally do not use betas or rcs for production deployment), it seems pretty stable to me. I like the new interface, and it just seems a bit more polished than previous versions.

It costs a bit more, but the Linksys WRT54GL is the way to go for a reliable router, especially after you flash it with DD-WRT. This firmware provides the power of much more costly routers at a reasonable price. Port triggering, site blocking, advanced wireless capabilities and more. More reliable than the [...]

Well, it figures. Just as soon as I praise Meraki, they go and change the game. No more $50 routers apparently. I am still trying to figure it out. Do I need the $150 version so I dont get ads? Or will the $50 still work with no ads? [...]

I just finished setting up a test mesh network using 2 Meraki Minis. What an easy setup. They are really and truly plug and play, the web interface is flexible, and the devices themselves just adapt to their environment.
I initially connected one directly to a LAN port on my Linksys/dd-wrt router, connected everything [...]