Cheapest 5Ghz N routers that are capable of WDS or wireless bridging, and can run DD?

[VirtualLarry]

Just thinking about something that Spidey007 said in another thread, about people migrating off of 2.4Ghz because of the noise. I have an apt with fairly crowded 2.4Ghz wireless, lots of default Verizon FIOS/DSL installs, with "free wireless router" (configured as enabled by default, with WEP encryption). 90% of the people with these installs never use their wireless, or even realize that it's there, but it makes life difficult for those of us that depend on our wireless and want a good signal.

So I'm thinking, why not make the jump to 5Ghz? I do require WDS though, as I have multiple rooms in the apt, and no way to run cable between them. Would like to get as close to 300MBit/sec as possible, for HD streaming to the HTPC. Range isn't as much of an issue here, so 5Ghz is fine.

Router MUST be able to run DD-WRT.

 

[aE0n]

I don't know about cheapest, but these look pretty good : NETGEAR WNR3500L

 

[lstratos]

I don't know about cheapest, but these look pretty good : NETGEAR WNR3500L

http://certifications.wi-fi.org/pdf_certificate.php?cid=WFA7851

still draft N.. kinda not worth it

 

[VirtualLarry]

still draft N.. kinda not worth it

Is there a difference in the hardware between draft N 2.0, and N final? If DD-WRT ends up supporting N final, then I see no problems with that router. Looks interesting. Slightly more than I wanted to spend, but if it's decent with DD-WRT (5Ghz WDS support), then I'll probably pick up two.

 

[JackMDS]

Is there a difference in the hardware between draft N 2.0, and N final?.

This question is a Nobel price winning if answered. :hmm:

 

[boomhower]

http://www.amazon.com/Nfiniti-Wirele...ductPromotions

not cheap but very nice with dd-wrt

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.amazon.com/Nfiniti-Wirele...ductPromotions

not cheap but very nice with dd-wrt

I don't see any mention of 5Ghz support or dual-band radios or dual-radios. Otherwise, it looks nice.

 

[boomhower]

I don't see any mention of 5Ghz support or dual-band radios or dual-radios. Otherwise, it looks nice.

Crap forgot about that. Dual band support from dd-wrt is still growing but not up there yet. I have a WRT610N and it does well enough but I ended up going back to the stock firmware. But that was well over a year though so it may have improved since then. I love my router but it's "draft" N so you probably wouldn't be interested but it works very will with every other N device I have tried.