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Buffalo Airstation N-finiti Wireless-N Router & Access Point | List Price: $135.99
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Brand: Buffalo
Binding: Electronics
Features: - High-Speed multimedia streaming or online gaming
- Easy Setup with AirStation One-Touch Secure System (AOSS)
- WPA-PSK (AES) and 128/64-bit WEP security
- Smart Router feature detects and sets up your cable or DSL Internet connection
- Simple Web browser configuration
Could be a lot better [Posted on 2007-04-23]
I got this product because I've heard good things about buffalo, and wanted something that would last, such as the draft-n. The problem being the wireless on this router would time out, and the router would need to be power cycled every few hours, nearly worthless as an access point out of the box. Tech support stopped responding to E-mails after we moved past "have you tried firmware update" and "have you tried mac address cloning" after that they wouldn't even respond. Eventually I figured out that their DHCP support is broken, and by cutting lease times down to a short period like 1-2 hours, the wireless would stay up. Strangeness. After fixing that it works okay, range is pretty pathetic.
Excellent 802.11n Wireless Bridge [Posted on 2007-10-05]
I bought two of these to create an 802.11n bridge. They work perfectly. I benchmarked end-to-end file transfer throughput at 21Mbps with 128-bit WEP over a distance of 50 feet with an intervening wall, using two wired devices connected to each end of the bridge, running NetBIOS over TCP/IP. That's about 30% faster than I achieved using "turbo" 802.11g over the same distance with the same test. (802.11n "raw" data rates do not reflect achievable point-to-point transfer bandwidth). Even better, both devices double as synchronized access points while bridging. But wireless clients that connect to the secondary access point do experience some additional latency. No problems with DHCP. However, I'm using the primary in access point mode rather than router mode, so the bridge is just passing DHCP through. The bridge-access-point combination also supports 802.11g clients well, including framebursting mode.
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