wireless bridge recommendation please

Hi,

It's very frustrating that there aren't that much choice for wireless bridge devices. Either there is a single ethernet port (almost all of them: linksys, netgear, ...), or no GigE port, or performance is not there (d-link), or they don't support this band or that one not even considering simultaneous radios.
I want to bridge wirelessly two ethernet segments in my home and am very surprised they aren't more people confronted to this problem. Maybe there is another solution that I missed.

Anyway, could you please suggest me not the best one (it doesn't exist) but the less worse one ?

Also, is there any way to bridge these two segments via another method ? Is it possible to buy a classic wireless router and use it as a bridge ? (no problem to pay a little bit more and not use all the feature of a router)

thanks
nalooti

 

d link dap 1522 , 4 Gb ports and so far very reliable . been working over 1 1/2 years here .

 

Find a router that is supported by the dd-wrt firmware. The dd-wrt firmware has a bridge function... and multi-point bridge.

 

I already have a router: WRT610N
I'm not sure it can be flashed like its old brother WRT54something

 

I didn't find ONE positive review of this product:

pricey, no external antenna, range is limited, weak signal, single 2.4 GHz radio, 40% WEP and WPA/TKIP throughput reduction, very low throughput...

read this:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/dlink_dap1522_wireless_bridgeaccess_point

thanks anyway

 

don't need to read a review , I have 3 , get 70-80 Mbps transfer rate . WPA TKIP and wep will be 54 Mbps on all my N devices , I use WPA2-AES . Jeez , my router has internal antenna as well , WNDR 3700 wonder how I even get a connection , never mind 70Mbps !It streams video and connects my x-box , blu ray and media comp with no troubles through 3 walls , connects at 300Mbps on 5Ghz .

 

Did you look at the Belkin Powerline HD kit? I just picked one up and it is amazing. Its bridging my two routers together via Gigabit ethernet so there is no reduction in speed due to wireless bridging, and I don't have to deal with interference at all.

 

Thanks for the info.
Would you please explain the throughput you achieve and within what conditions?

Did you tried several times before finding the best location in order to get the connection LEDs blue ?

Do you use the extension cable ? I heard there are too much conditions in which you only get the LEDs in purple (bad connection) and very hard to find a place to get it blue.

 

ACTUALLY, I get full gigabit connection between the two, even when they are on two different breakers. It REALLY surprised me.

 

Are you kidding me ?!

The Gigabit connections are between the GigE ports on the Belkin device and the routers or other devices having GigE ports, certainly not on the electric outlet!
Most HomePlug devices have 100Base-T (100Mbps) ports because they can hardly achieve more than 100Mbps on the electrical part.
The same is true for wireless bridges. I've not found one device with a GigE and the reason is that even if 802.11n lets 300Mbps theoretical speed, they can hardly give more than 100Mbps.
Back to HomePlug, most of the 200Mbps devices just have 100Mbps ports which says something...

So either I didn't understand what you mean, or you didn't understand what I mean or this is just a joke

 

Nope. I'm getting GigE speeds transferring files from my desktop at one end and my laptop at the other. Suprising, but true.

 

are you sure you have your Belkin HomePlug in-between and that your desktop and your laptop are not somehow connected directly via your router/switch ?

 

you seem to be the only one that can squeeze those speeds out of it
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/02/review_networking_belkin_powerline_hd/page4.html

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/297759/review/gigabit_powerline_hd_starter_kit.html

even the french agree

http://www.clubic.com/article-318986-4-test-cpl-hd-belkin-vaut-premier-kit-cpl-gigabit.html

 

Right now I am getting 45-50MB/s from mine. Although my house DOES have relatively new wiring (Redone after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake) and both are plugged into their own wall socket (Because they are BIG. As in, I can't plug in a surge protector above them because it will not fit big.) THAT is the main downside I can see. Well, that and they get really really really REALLY hot.

Oh, and I ran the tests with the encryption stuff off since I'm lazy and am about to add two more to tie in my directv DVR's. (Because recording two shows at once while watching a recorded third on the tv AND one on a pc is awesome)