Home Network

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I have never been one to buy cheap kit. My home network is built of some moderately beefy kit:

• Cisco 877 router
• Cisco Aironet 1231 Access Point
• HP JetDirect box
• Buffalo WHR-G54S with OpenWRT

A network diagram is in the pipeline.

Cisco 877 router

Having used Cisco equipment in the workplace for many years, it is only logical that I should extend this to my home network. The 877 is a great router if you're experienced with Cisco, less so if you're just starting out.

Buffalo WHR-G54S and OpenWRT

I've found these APs to be fantastic bits of kit when running OpenWRT. They can be reflashed without much difficulty, act as a bridge, router, run software, or be hacked to include a serial port.

My APs run a custom-compiled version of OpenWRT which strips out some of the functionality that the boxes don't support, such as USB and a web server. I use them to extend my LAN to other rooms where I don't have, or want to, run cabling. For example, I have my VoIP server and printer in another room to reduce noise.