5 Ghz Bridge or Adapter

[Cozarkian]

My ISP (Consolidated Communications) let me swap out my old ancient router for a Dual Band Wireless-N router and I now need to upgrade the hardware on my desktop, which is still using a wireless-g adapter and maxes out at 18-19 mbps. Using a laptop with a dual-band A/C internal wireless adapter, I've tested that I can get download/upload speeds of 22/24 mbps on the 2.4 Ghz band and 27/35 mbps on the 5 Ghz band. My service caps out at 30 mbps download speeds.

Any recommendations for a wireless bridge or adapter? The WUMC710 is a nice price on newegg, but the reviews aren't that great and I don't need ac capability. That said, the only 5 Ghz bridges I found with decent reviews are almost twice the price. Thoughts and recommendations?

 

[JackMDS]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833106135

 

[Cozarkian]

That's kind of my question. Should I just pick up that adapter, or is it worth $5 more to get a bridge?

 

[smitbret]

If you will be connecting multiple devices, get a bridge.

If it's just one, then use the adapter.

 

[JackMDS]

There is a descend Bridge for $38?

 

[smitbret]

There is a descend Bridge for $38?

Auto correct got you. Either you are a cave diver or go down lots of staircases. I was thinking "Is Descend a brand name that's just under the radar? Hmmmm, maybe they specialize in wireless bridges and so I've just before heard of them."

I don't think there is a bridge out there that I would trust to be reliable for anywhere close to that.

 

[JackMDS]

Auto correct got you. Either you are a cave diver or go down lots of staircases. I was thinking "Is Descend a brand name that's just under the radar? Hmmmm, maybe they specialize in wireless bridges and so I've just before heard of them.".

Yap, that problem that I have a mild form of Visual Spelling Agraphia.

I don't think there is a bridge out there that I would trust to be reliable for anywhere close to that.

I do not think so either.

 

[boomhower]

There is a descend Bridge for $38?

I was looking around a bit and the only decent one is the discontinued WD that runs around $60-$70 now.

 

[smitbret]

I was looking around a bit and the only decent one is the discontinued WD that runs around $60-$70 now.

If you must have cheap, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122461

and flash it with DD-WRT

I've used these on a couple of occasions with good success. Ultimately, though, I found a way to get a Cat6 to wherever I was using these and they would be uninstalled.

 

[boomhower]

If you must have cheap, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122461

and flash it with DD-WRT

I've used these on a couple of occasions with good success. Ultimately, though, I found a way to get a Cat6 to wherever I was using these and they would be uninstalled.

My bad, misread and was thinking AC. Disregard my post.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

There is a descent Bridge?

There, thats more like it

 

[Cozarkian]

There is a descend Bridge for $38?

At the time of my first post, this bridge was available for $38 (it's now $47). The critic reviews I found were generally favorable, but the newegg reviews suggested a lot of dropped connection problems. That was kind of why I was posting, to find out opinions if that bridge was sufficiently reliable to make it a better deal than a PCI adapter.

 

[smitbret]

At the time of my first post, this bridge was available for $38 (it's now $47). The critic reviews I found were generally favorable, but the newegg reviews suggested a lot of dropped connection problems. That was kind of why I was posting, to find out opinions if that bridge was sufficiently reliable to make it a better deal than a PCI adapter.

The N600 version of that is only $35 and generally has a better track record than most bridges. I did not realize it was so cheap right now.

For $35, I would give that a shot.

 

[Cozarkian]

The N600 version of that is only $35 and generally has a better track record than most bridges. I did not realize it was so cheap right now.

For $35, I would give that a shot.

Oh wow, that is a recent change. It was more expensive than the AC version when I first looked.