[Discuss] 802.11N confusion

[Derek Atkins]

Guy Gold <guy1gold at gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Laura Conrad <lconrad at laymusic.org> wrote:
>
>> I want wireless N, 4 or more wired ethernet ports, good enough range to
>> websurf in the back yard, and other things being equal, cheaper is
>> better.  Any recommendations?
>
> Greetings,
>
> My recommendation is not the right one, because you need a router, however
> for folks who run their router on a different hardware, and just need
> a wireless access-point -
> then, there's no need to pay the price for the router part of it.
>
> I ordered "Edimax EW-7228APn 150Mbps 11n" , for 30$ on Amazon, and it is doing
> its job.

Looks nice, but it only supports b/g/n.  Personally I want something is
is dual-band and supports a/b/g/n simultaneously.

>>As people said two years ago, even the expensive ones from reputable
>>companies have a remarkable number of bad reviews.
>
> most of the WiFi trouble I've seen, were due to poor placement of the
> WAP.

This is true.  Placement is important.

-derek

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