document updated 15 years ago, on Dec 2, 2008
Requirements: an outdoor CPE that can function either as an Access Point or as a Client, internally supports POE, and has an external antenna connector.
- Ubiquiti
- Powerstation 2 — no advantage over Nanostation? Same wattage, same RAM, same CPU, ...
- Nanostation 2 — We have a winnar. 1) It comes with a POE injector, 2) it has a decent antenna built-in, as well as an external jack, 3) you can wardrive with it, 4) it supports OpenWRT, 5) aircrack-ng works on it (within OpenWRT)
- Nanostation Loco — removes external antenna connector, not yet supported by OpenWRT
- Picostation — Not released yet. DOUBLE the RAM, DOUBLE the flash, same power draw, a QUARTER of the weight, one SIXTH the volume
- Bullet — Not released yet. SAME CPU, same RAM. POE injector NOT included.
- EnGenius
- Lanfair