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Re: [LUG] Edimax Wifi USB

 

If anybody is interested in USB wireless devices - Edimax with the
ralink chipsets, drop me an email.
I have some on order, arriving soon for a very good price (limited quantity)

thanks
George


2009/4/14 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Julian Hall wrote:
>> Rob Beard wrote:
>>
>>> Nice feature ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> This is one of those obscure uses of the word 'nice' I wasn't aware of
>> isn't it? ;)
>>
>>> Are there any firmware fixes to resolve this?
>>>
>>>
>> Not that I'm aware of... wouldn't it be a hardware issue anyway?  I did
>> email them but with no reply - to be fair the only time they haven't.oul
>>
> I dunno, I mean my WRT54G can be configured so it's WAN port can be on
> either the internal or external network etc so I would assume it would
> be configurable in some sort of configuration.  In fact doing a quick
> Google search it seems that the Edimax router uses a RISC SoC CPU which
> emulates the 486 x86 instruction set.  It looks like some of the guys
> involved with OpenWRT have been doing bits and pieces with this chipset
> although it appears that it's possibly hit and miss at the moment.
> Edimax do have Linux source code available though (I guess for those who
> want to have a play with it) [1].
>>> My new BT Home Hub has a NAS feature although I've yet to try it, I'm
>>> hoping that it's a bit more secure than your Edimax router.
>>>
>>>
>> I'd run it through Shields Up! - mine didn't show up until I used the
>> File Sharing Ports option - the others seemed to think everything was
>> OK.  Not with port 139 blaring over the net it isn't!  Doh!
>>
>>
>>
> Yep I haven't actually tried the NAS yet, I will look at this though
> when I get around to plugging something into it.  What I find at the
> moment is that my BT Home Hub keeps hanging and stops any traffic
> through.  I haven't had the connection active on BT for 10 days yet (and
> I know they'll tell me to wait) so if it doesn't resolve it after the 10
> days I'll stick my old Netgear router back in.
>
> [1] http://www.edimax.com/en/support_detail.php?pd_id=197&pl1_id=3
>
> Rob
>
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