claudeo
join:2000-02-23
Redmond, WA
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Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun
Update:
2 days later and it still works just fine (with one nit, see below). Installed it sideways with the hottest end up, to promote better airflow through the small grilles at each end of the case. I did take a look inside. Looks like the future--very few components. The major heat sources appear to be the RF circuitry, which is under a very low square metal shield, about 1 inch x 1 inch, and the brute force voltage regulator; looks like it brings down the 12V feed to operating voltage by dissipating as heat. Not a single heat sink in there. I have it installed as DHCP client (its WAN side is LAN side of my home network), and it gets a 1 day lease from my old BEFSR41 v1. It looks like when the lease is up it has trouble with the WAN connection for 5-10 minutes, and then it fixes itself and all is fine again (a manual power cycle fixes it well under a minute). My Proxim 54G card says it sees 54Mbps "rate" both ways. I'm not really equipped for a valid throughput test, so I don't really know. They tried to hit all kinds of markets. It has presets for games, VoIP forwarding, and even 2 DMZ computers if you have 2 WAN IP addresses. Now if only it had QOS... |
Just bought the same access point. Works great and was only 28.95 at outpost.com. I even got my linksys wap11 (running dlink900AP+ firmware) to act as a wireless client off of the AR315W.