So after dealing with a bunch of random dd-wrt based access points I decided to grab some LAP1142Ns off of eBay. I set up a vWLC on the VM machine, and was able to get it going fairly quickly even with no knowledge of Cisco Wireless technology.

So far my throughput is only slightly increased even after moving to 5GHz and having a 3×3 MIMO radio in my laptop.

I added a real router for the upstairs network (3825), and a gig link from the ‘closet’ to my office/workstations. Some of the interconnects in the lab are temporarily dual 100MBit load balanced via EIGRP to alleviate some of the bottlenecks. The LAP1142Ns are limited to 100mbit due to a 3560-24PS being the only POE switch I have, but I never see more than about 60mbit of throughput over wireless, and the port never exceeds 70mbit — so until I get that sorted out it’s not a limitation.

To get more gig links in my ‘office’ (aka my bedroom) I trunked a cheap Dell 5224 to a 3550-12G, replacing the 3550-12T that was formerly there. I wish I could afford newer Cisco gig switches my budget is basically non-existent.

I still need a total network redesign, my routing table is almost laughable:

dswr1.core#sh ip route
Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
 D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
 N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
 E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
 i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2
 ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route
 o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route

Gateway of last resort is 172.16.5.6 to network 0.0.0.0

D 192.168.30.0/24 [90/28928] via 10.255.1.6, 22:58:10, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28928] via 10.255.1.2, 22:58:10, FastEthernet0/14
 172.17.0.0/16 is variably subnetted, 6 subnets, 2 masks
D 172.17.0.48/28 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.17.0.32/28 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.17.0.16/28 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.17.0.0/28 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.17.0.72/29 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.17.0.64/29 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
 172.16.0.0/16 is variably subnetted, 7 subnets, 4 masks
C 172.16.255.0/28 is directly connected, Vlan601
D 172.16.2.8/30 [90/28416] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28416] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.16.2.4/30 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 22:58:18, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 22:58:18, FastEthernet0/14
C 172.16.5.4/30 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/24
D 172.16.3.2/32 [90/156672] via 10.255.1.6, 22:58:14, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/156672] via 10.255.1.2, 22:58:14, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.16.1.0/24 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 172.16.3.1/32 [90/156160] via 172.16.5.6, 10:49:53, FastEthernet0/24
 172.18.0.0/28 is subnetted, 1 subnets
D 172.18.0.0 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
D 192.168.99.0/24 [90/28928] via 10.255.1.6, 03:03:00, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28928] via 10.255.1.2, 03:03:00, FastEthernet0/14
 10.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 2 subnets
C 10.255.1.4 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/16
C 10.255.1.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/14
D 192.168.0.0/24 [90/30720] via 172.16.5.6, 10:49:54, FastEthernet0/24
D 192.168.100.0/24 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.6, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/16
 [90/28672] via 10.255.1.2, 1d00h, FastEthernet0/14
C 192.168.101.0/24 is directly connected, Vlan400
D*EX 0.0.0.0/0 [170/30720] via 172.16.5.6, 10:49:54, FastEthernet0/24