AP what I'm looking for?

[SkuLLyRT]

I've got a room on the other side of my house with 2 PCs, 360, PS3 that I'd like to connect to a single wireless-N device. I'd like to be able to share large files between the PCs as well as stream to the 360/PS3 via a wired connection.

Would something like this be appropriate for what I want to do?

If it's relevant, my main home office has a FIOS connection feeding into a D-Link DIR 655. Would buying another DIR-655 and configuring it as an AP be a better solution than buying a strictly AP-only device?

 

[spidey07]

Best bet is to get something that supports Workgroup Bridge mode. This bridges a single wireless connection from the AP to your central ap/router. Then you attach devices with a cable to it. Others call this bridge mode but the technical term is Workgroup Bridge.

I don't deal with home gear so don't really know which N APs/routers support it.

 

[SkuLLyRT]

Haha, anyone familiar with home equipment want to chime in here?

I threw "Workgroup Bridge Mode" into Google and some expensive Cisco items got returned to me. :x

 

[kevnich2]

This is what you're looking for: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=663

Has a gigabit switch and works very well for Wireless N Bridging

 

[SkuLLyRT]

Thanks for the input! Coincidentally enough, that particular device is on sale from Newegg today for $65. That worked out well. 🙂

 

[SkuLLyRT]

Nvm, guess it was defective. Just conked out and won't power back on lol.

 

[SkuLLyRT]

Alright, I went out and picked up another DAP-1522 since the one from Amazon kicked the bucket (and they don't have stock to replace it with, wtf!). This thing is working, but man it's slow. I got better performance (Steam download and PC-to-PC file transfer) out of a Linksys WGA54G feeding into a CompUSA brand 10/100 hub.

Does anyone have any other recommendations? Hell, I'll use a wireless G adapter and switch again if moving up to N is going to result in more crap performance like this.

 

[kevnich2]

Did you upgrade the firmware on the dap-1522? I can pull around 80-120mb/sec on that unit with no problem.

 

[SkuLLyRT]

Yep, it's definitely the latest firmware. Do you have yours setup as a bridge like I do? Are there some magical settings that I should be using?

 

[ecom]

What's your signal strength like? I don't know how big your house is or how many obstructions you have, but attenuation can affect signal quality and kill the speed.

 

[SkuLLyRT]

Signal seems to bounce around in the range of 76-84%. The Linksys adapter that this thing replaced got a slightly stronger signal (didn't drop below 80%, but don't recall it ever getting to 90%), and I'm assuming this is because of external vs internal antenna.

This adapter is sitting in the exact same spot as my old Linksys one.

@Kevnich2 - What router are you using?

 

[SkuLLyRT]

And a slight hijack of my own thread!

So like I said, I have Verizon FIOS. Would I be able to take one of these MoCA devices and feed it down into a switch that I could have all of this stuff connected to? Anyone have experience doing something like that?

I don't mind wires in my entertainment room, I just don't want wires running down the hall from my office to entertainment room (hence the original wireless AP/bridge question).