 compulovPremium
join:2001-01-20
Bristol, PA | Didn't want N so much as 5GHz... I'd been investigating 5GHz APs for a while because 2.4GHz is almost completely useless in my apartment. Since I detect at least 19 other APs with the laptop, as well as my neighbor's 2.4GHz phone(s) and of course my microwave, I sorely wanted 5GHz. When I found the Netgear WNHDE111 5GHz A/N access point, I got it on a whim (or maybe it was desperation). I get a minimum of 80Mbit in real-world transfers (it can bounce higher on occasion) and nary a lost packet on some long-term (few-day) pings to my router. Yeah, it might be nice to have a dual-band solution, it's admittedly a bit *huge*, and I would like to eventually have an all-in-one router/ap for this, but it works very well and that's all that matters for now. I just wonder how long it'll be before the 5GHz channels are clogged. APs have more room to play with than 5.8GHz phones because of ~4.9 and lower 5.0 frequencies, but sooner or later (hopefully later) more people will have dual-band APs. |
