What to do with an old Neotel router?

[owenswart]

My Neotel contract has come to an end, and I've decided not to renew. So now I have this perfectly good Axesstel router, bristling with antennae, and nothing to do with it.

I'm thinking I'd like to repurpose it as a Wifi repeater, but I completely lack the necessary skills to pull it off.

Google being not much help here, I turn to you guys... anyone done anything similar with their old Neotel routers? Is this thing really just a fancy-looking paperweight, or is there life in the old gal yet?

[stoymigo]

Haven't done this, but if you can use it why not.
Are you on adsl now?

[paulcolmer]

i had an old NeoFlexData router and the only thing i found out it could do after saying goodbuy to Neotel was live its life out as 4 port network switch !

[Billy]

I found that the old MyWireless modems made a good doorstop, perhaps the Neotel routers are not heavy enough.

[eshwar]

Try and find out what chipsets it has. If you can get some custom firmware on it, might well be useful as your next router!

[TheRoDent]

I found that the old MyWireless modems made a good doorstop, perhaps the Neotel routers are not heavy enough.

Yup.

NeoTel stuff is too plasticky. MyWireless modems were really good as doorstops.

[Moe5508]

Am using mine as a wireless Access Point and sure works very well. I love the MAC address functionality (e.g. allow only pre-configured addresses to connect) and the fact that should there be a power outage (Eskom...grrrr) you still have about 2 hours or so while the router runs on the backup battery

[chrisc4290]

Leave it on the pavement on bin collection day