Kevin <kevin@fuber.org> wrote:
Your limit is simply that the RT-N15 is a 2.4GHz only radio
The 300Mb/s advertised is one of those wonderful if only no one else used it and you had 5 more channels with no overlap to bond together. this will never be seen on 2.4GHz. 2.4GHz has 3 non overlapping channels and if 802.11N with channel bonding is used 1.
The airport on the other hand is an ABGN simultaneous Dual band radio that can bond several 5GHz channels together (less cross talk on these channels (and much less pollution))
I've heard positive comments regarding the The Netgear WNDR3700v2 wireless router, which has the advantage of open drivers. This is why it was discussed at LWN in relation to efforts to solve the buffer bloat problem. A quick Web search indicates that it includes a 5GHZ-capable radio, but I didn't dig deeply enough to find reviews of its wireless performance. A friend has one with OpenWRT installed and seems satisfied.