wifi adapter
azrobert:
You can convert an extra supported router to a wireless bridge by installing DD-WRT firmware. This will cost you nothing.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=5229.msg33913#msg33913
SteveInWA:
Quote from: azrobert on February 15, 2016, 03:16:26 pm
You can convert an extra supported router to a wireless bridge by installing DD-WRT firmware. This will cost you nothing.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=5229.msg33913#msg33913
The true cost depends on how you value your time. If you live in your mother's basement in a rat's nest of cabling and junk, with no spouse to complain about how messy things are, you are unemployed, and you have nothing else going on in your life, and you've already bought an old router, and you still have it laying around, and you enjoy spending hours fiddling with that old router and figuring out which version of DD-WRT to use, and how to get it working on that router...
Personally, I'd rather spend the money on a WiFi dongle and be done with it.
Angelc19:
I had used Obi WiFi adapter for about a year, worked great until yesterday it died. You can decide. But I definitely would NOT recommend it.
azrobert:
Quote from: SteveInWA on February 15, 2016, 04:37:45 pm
you enjoy spending hours fiddling with that old router and figuring out which version of DD-WRT to use, and how to get it working on that router...
The time to setup a DD-WRT router depends on the user's skill level. I recently setup a router and it took me 10-15 minutes to flash it and another 5 minutes to configure it to a wireless bridge. I've been though the procedure several times, so expect it to take a first time user longer. You just do a lookup on their database with your router model and they tell you what firmware to use. They also supply a link to instructions for your router. Flashing is similar to manually upgrading an OBi's firmware. My router had to be flashed twice, first with an initial firmware.
If you're familiar with router settings, you shouldn't have problems re-configuring it to a wireless bridge. In the thread I pointed to in my Reply#5 above, I supplied a link to the correct instructions (there is a least 2 setup versions). If you have problems, DD-WRT has a user forum where you can find help. If you have multiple devices, you don't have to buy a dongle for each. You can connect up to 5 devices (the WAN port can be reconfigured by checking a box).
Edit:
The 10-15 minutes includes the database lookup, downloading 2 version of firmware, factory reset and flashing the router twice. The actual flash takes about a minute.
TonyTib:
As always, it depends on YOUR requirements.
If all you want to do is connect an Obi to WiFi with minimal fuss, then ObiWiFi makes a lot of sense.
But if you want to connect some other items along with the Obi or don't have good WiFi access, then a WiFi bridge or Powerline networking can make sense.
In my case, I have the Obi 202 and another WiFi AP together, so PL networking made sense - and the Powerline adapters were pretty cheap.
I have also converted an older router to a bridge using DD-WRT (to get wired access from a MiFi), and the whole process was pretty simple.
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