[ubuntu-uk] Wireless N routers

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"Simon Wears" <munkyjunky at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Anyone know of anything which may be able to help? A friend suggested
> Apple's Airport extreme base station (
> http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB053?mco=Mjg4NjM1Mw) but I though I'd ask
> if anyone knew of anything that may be able to fix my problem better.

Do you need a full-on router? (ie. firewall, NAT, built in switch etc)

If not, an Apple Express base station would do the job if all you need to do is bridge the wireless back to wired. 

Not sure if you'd be able to configure either from Ubuntu though (there's no web interface).

Another alternative would be the ethernet-over-mains boxes. IME (Zyxel PLA-401) they work very well.

> This isn't too much of an issue at the moment, since I'm living in
> university accommodation, and MMU network administers seem to frown upon
> having multiple PC's connected. I'm just thinking ahead a few months.

Which I guess means NAT would be useful...?

HTH,

Jim