So, not satisified with the free wifi that the apartment provides(it’s only to be used for occasional access), I bought a PePLink CPE device, recommended by google. This a ARM9 SBC with a 200mW 802.11b\/g radio and a 5dbi antenna. Google caps your link at 1M\/1M, but it’s really a reasonable speed, considering it’s free. A one time payment of $180(I paid more than I had to to pick one up locally) to bring the signal indoors is well worth it IMO. Testing at all the popular sites shows me at 960k\/930k. I’m debating purchasing a higher gain antenna just for stabilities sake.<\/p>\n
Now for the bad news on all of this. The PePLink device runs linux(no, this isn’t bad), but it seems they violate the GPL license. I can’t find the source code or a written offer anywhere on their website or in the support CD provided. I also cannot find a copy of the GPL license text anywhere in the mentioned areas.<\/p>\n
I find this quite odd as peplink has openly supported linux in the past. They were a supporter of FOSDEM in bruxelles back in 2005. A quick google search returns lots of articles regarding peplink and OSS. Even some of the PR material they use mentions linux.<\/p>\n
I suspect this is merely an oversight by the company(perhaps a www redesign?) and not a blatent misuse of GPL code. I’ll be emailing their business development department in the next couple of days to point out the possible license violation and ask where I can find the source. I’ll blog as I receive more information.<\/p>\n
For the record, this is some info that I extracted from the kernel in the firmware image:<\/p>\n
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