Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 21:51 Post subject: Best device for very stable enterprise WLAN
My purpose is to create an enterprise wlan with several ssid separated with vlan(dot1q). Because of that i need to know what devices are most stable with radios/antenna for broadcasting several ssid/wlan. If you could tell me a list with a few of the best devices of several brands, like linksys, tp-link or asus you rock!!
I'm a big fan of the Asus RT-N16. Don't really know about your range needs as that's one of those "Your Mileage May Vary". However, I set them up with Multiple SSID's and VLAN's and it's very nice to keep everything separate via iptables in the Firewall Commands. The RT-N16 can be a bit tricky to set up. I did recently post a How To on setting up VLANS that works here:
There are some other sites and instructions out there on getting it to work NONE of which I could make work.
However, if you're not really concerned with "Wired Connections" and VLANs and just want separate SSID's all separated that's a lot easier to accomplish.
Lastly, you may want to focus on Broadcom chipsets as opposed to Atheros. They are a bit better for accomplishing what you want. Atheros have advantages but I've never had good stability with multiple SSID's on those. They seem to work for a while and then just stop issuing IP addresses to clients or no Internet connectivity. So, I’d stick with Broadcom chipsets. Officially (and I could be wrong) DD-WRT does not support VLANs with the Atheros chipsets so you’d want to stick with Broadcom. It also may be a good idea to post something in the “Broadcom” section of the forum as opposed to the “General” section.
Thanks for the response, it was really helpful. At last i found other ap which for a really low price accomplish what i'm looking for.
Dlink dap 2310
Traditionally enterprise wlan and advanced ap are very expensive and for that reason i was looking how to do it with cheap routers.
Anyway just to kill my own curiosity maybe i will try sometime with ddwrt.
Thanks a lot 80sguitartist. Too bad that ddwrt does not support comtrend routers, all they are Broadcom and i have several of them. Maybe openwrt...
