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.