On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:34:34AM -0400, Frank Sweetser wrote:
On 10/13/2010 11:23 AM, John Stoffel wrote:
My only worry is that all my core network is in the basement, but I have my current WAP upstairs in a central-ish location. And my wife's wireless is upstairs too... But replacing my WRAP board with something with more ports which I can break out more would be good to... decisions, decisions...
Can you put different antennas on the netgear?
Not on this particular model, no. Sadly, there aren't very many external 11n antenna options on the market yet. That said, 11n does have a little better penetration than a/b/g, so it may work out for you anyway. I have mine in my basement, and it works quite well in my 2nd floor bedroom.
Thanks for all the feedback, now I'm leaning Netgear... :]
Many of the new Netgears actually run a modified OpenWRT from the factory (the older 7.x version from what I can tell on my WNDR3700). A nice 2.4-only 3x3 AP with external antenna connectors is the TP-Link TL-1043ND. It also runs OpenWRT from the factory. Sadly, this one isn't reviewed on smallnetbuilder.com. Another forum with router/wireless hacking info on it: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/9?g=3