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    Add an "N" router as AP, or get a dual band router?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Fountainhead, May 12, 2008.

  1. Fountainhead

    Fountainhead Notebook Deity

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    OK, I've got a couple of N devices now, but still way more G. I'm starting to stream video around the house and N would work so much better. To that end I was considering getting one of the new dual-band routers so I can utilize N on some devices while the G devices don't drag everything down.

    But then it occurred to me that it might be cheaper (and possibly even better) to keep the router I have now (which is rock solid) and get a 2nd "N" router that supports AP mode. I'd connect the N devices through the AP, and the rest through the main router.

    Anyone see any gotchas in that idea?
     
    Fountainhead, May 12, 2008
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  2. Wirelessman

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    That will work.
     
    Wirelessman, May 12, 2008
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