Jason White wrote:
I've heard positive comments regarding the The Netgear WNDR3700v2 wireless router, which has the advantage of open drivers.
+1, I run one of these at home. OpenWRT currently recommends either it or the cheaper TP-Link 1043ND. The WNDR3700 has the advantage of being reflashable via TFTP without having to open the case and fiddle with headers, which is primarily useful if you are building custom (and potentially bricktastic) custom OS images. I operate three 1043NDs at work and they do their job adequately.
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.
NFI about that, I don't operate anything at home except the 3700 and a DSL modem, and I barely notice even when I'm throttled to 128kbps, so I'm not going to notice any difference between 70mbps and 300mbps :-) * * * I don't think anyone excplicitly mentioned but AIUI you should check what other channels people are operating on, and pick one that no one else is using. Also there is an overlap of one channel to either side of the chosen channel, so that if e.g. someone is using channel "5", then you should not pick 8, so that their {4,5,6} and your {7,8,9} don't overlap. When I was doing this in the office, $coworker had a little graphical doodad for this on their android (or maemo?) phone.