Does anyone know the lineage of this router/ap, BEFW11S4? Is it in any way compatible with the firmware here?

Also, anyone know of a ready source for compatible routers?

Joe

AG6QO@AG6QO.#NCA.CA.USA.NOAM

BEFW11S4 appears to not be compatible.  It has the wrong processor, among other things.

You can buy brand new WRT54GL routers at Amazon, among other places.

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broadband-Router/dp/B000BTL0OA

Oh. Wow. I thought the wrt54g's were post-production and probably only 2nd-hand.

That was three generations ago on my home wifi.

Anyway, thanks for the info. Will be ordering a few.

73,

Joe

Ubiquiti is also an option.

Available from many sources including Amazon.

Key Notes

Ubiquiti is weather resistant and specced to harsh outdoor conditions with limited to no loss (direct antenna connection) 

In addition Ubiquiti has a more sensitive receiver and more powerful transmitters.

If you are buying  new gear I recommend looking into them.  Some models even come with built in high gain antennas. 

Ubiquiti is great in a lot of ways, but consider your application.  The 54G has a 4 port switch, and WAN port, which counts a lot in some applications. 

Good point,

The Ubiquiti gear is mostly single port, to link multiple Ubiquiti devices or multiple local computers together you would need to add a switch,  and if you need a WAN port it would need to be a vlan capable switch as noted in the install instructions.

If the node was tower mounted this was often still needed anyways (take a look at a lot of the outdoor setups in weatherproof boxes )

It is certainly a point to keep in mind when looking at the station setup.