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.
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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? -
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Wireless N AP
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by kungfu71186, Mar 5, 2011.