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Re: DSL modem recommendation

There's a reason Radius and 802.11x exist...

SimplePanda
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said by EdT:

5ghz is a gimmick, name me one device that uses it ?, plus you would have to upgrade all your wireless NIC in your network to 5ghz and if anyone devices that uses n or slower it will default back tot he slowest frequency !

Almost every device I own supports 5ghz: Apple TV, Retina MacBook Pro, old MacBook Pro (3 years or so), iPhone 5, Nexus 4, iPad, ASUS RT-N665u, Galaxy S3, the HTC One I have on pre-order, etc.

802.11ac, the next standard after 802.11n, -only- works on 5ghz bands, which is why all 802.11ac routers are 450 + 1.3ghz (450 802.11n on the 2.4ghz band, 1.3ghz 802.11ac on the 5ghz band).

It's 2013... 5ghz is pretty pervasive at this point. Even 5 years ago 802.11a on 5ghz was a good choice for urbanites with polluted 2.4ghz bands.

5ghz really is the only choice right now and it was never a "gimmick".
SimplePanda

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said by EdT:

Your company can't be very serious if they use WiFi network ! ...LoL

This is just plain nonsensical.

Guspaz
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Indeed. A well-managed wifi network is probably more secure than most ethernet networks...
geoffr98
join:2009-09-21
Ottawa, ON

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Thanks all.. I've ended up going with the TP-Link solution:

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Guspaz
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It should perform pretty well. Make sure NOT to enable internet-accessible web admin on the router, there is an exploit in the tp-link firmware that allows somebody to execute arbitrary code via the web admin interface (it's a security hole in the mechanism used by the emergency recovery disc normally used to un-brick routers).