Wireless N AP

Anyone have a wireless N AP/Bridge.

I was thinking of this one:
Amazon.com: D-Link DAP-1562 Media Streaming Kit Selectable Dual Band, 11n, 600Mbps: Electronics

Basically i want to upgrade my LAN to 1Gbps. So im going to get an 8 port switch and hook up a wireless access point to it as well.

Im either going to get:
Amazon.com: Asus GX-D1081 8-Port Power-Saving Gigabit Switch: Electronics

or

Amazon.com: D-Link DGS-1008G 8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch: Electronics

for the switch. I will then hook the switch up to the router i currently have which is 54Mbps G router, but ill just disable the wirelss on it and use it strictly for a router. As a router its great, i have tomato installed on it, so i don't want to give it up as a router.

I just dont know about that wireless N router from dlink. Seems kind of expensive and I'm not sure if its even worth it.

 

Is there a particular reason you need a switch? Unless you've got more than 4 LAN comps most gigabit routers will accomplish most/all of the same functions as you'd get with a switch for home use.

For reference, a wndr3700/ wndr37av costs maybe $140, has pretty much everything you'd need (gigabit lan, dualband N, not a dlink), maybe you should take a look at that?

 

Using a router that supports dd-wrt firmware will open up a lot of options. You can always setup a router as a AP, then you have a backup router if your main one dies.

 

I wouldn't buy this AP- it's ridiculously expensive and this 600mbps is a fairy tale.
As mentioned before you can use a router as an AP. If you have no problem spending $236 on AP than I'd suggest $140 WNDR3700 (that's been already mentioned) or the new Linksys E4200 which has the best 2.4GHz radio and a good 5GHz one for $180.

Note: E4200 is not supported by 3rd party firmware as of now but it will be as it's Broadcom based.

 

I want to seperate my LAN from WAN. So i want to keep my router. It has tomato on it and it works great. But i want to upgrade to wireless N with gigabit support. I would rather have a dedicated AP instead of a router that can act like an access point. Problem with that dlink is it comes with 2 Access points and i only need one, hence the cost. I know the 600Mbps is a fairy tale. But im gonna have the new 6300 wireless card, so it has 3 antennas on it that could get up to 450MBps, again i know it won't reach those speeds, but anything helps. Either way i need a switch, just because of my setup. Need some more ports. I was checking out that cisco router though, it does look nice, but not sure if it can be used as just an access point.

 

Any router can be used as an AP- you just connect the cable to its LAN port rather than WAN port and set up DHCP and LAN IP accordingly. Here's a guide on how to do it.

 

I found this too:
Newegg.com - TRENDnet TEW-690AP Wireless AP/Bridge
was looking at it before and it seems like a good product. I've used trendnet plenty of times before and never had a problem with them. Some people report having problems, but there is a new firmware which seems to solve those problems.

Anyone have experience with this AP?

Pair this up with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127325, $145. Doesnt seem to bad.