This is my situation- 3 laptops
2 macbooks with atheros radio- 1 has a wireless 'G' the other has an 'N'
1 dell xps 1530 with intel radio - wireless 'N'
2 wireless access points Netgear ME102 (wireless 'B'). Coverage is ok with a few dead spots on the premises. Their range is about 30 feet.
A neighbor's wireless network tends to cause some trouble .
House is wired with cat5 and gigabit switches. HD and SD stream from servers to desktops work fine over ethernet.
GOALS:
I want to give laptops access to video as well so that's why i want to go N.
I want to improve signal strength and avoid the neighbors network--that's why I want to go 5 ghz.(Unfortunately that would exclude one of the macbooks so i think i have to keep the 'b' access points just for the odd macbook so it can at least surf the net.)
Should I get a linksys wrt 600, linksys 610, or Dlink 655 or airportexpress and run it as an accesspoint, OR
should i get real access point - a dlink 1522, or a netgears at 5ghz, ?
If I go 5 ghz then it becomes a question of radio compatibility-what will work best with the intel in the dell and the atheros in the macbook? How about the ralink radio in the dlink 1522-how well will that work withthe dell and the macbook?
2 macbooks with atheros radio- 1 has a wireless 'G' the other has an 'N'
1 dell xps 1530 with intel radio - wireless 'N'
2 wireless access points Netgear ME102 (wireless 'B'). Coverage is ok with a few dead spots on the premises. Their range is about 30 feet.
A neighbor's wireless network tends to cause some trouble .
House is wired with cat5 and gigabit switches. HD and SD stream from servers to desktops work fine over ethernet.
GOALS:
I want to give laptops access to video as well so that's why i want to go N.
I want to improve signal strength and avoid the neighbors network--that's why I want to go 5 ghz.(Unfortunately that would exclude one of the macbooks so i think i have to keep the 'b' access points just for the odd macbook so it can at least surf the net.)
Should I get a linksys wrt 600, linksys 610, or Dlink 655 or airportexpress and run it as an accesspoint, OR
should i get real access point - a dlink 1522, or a netgears at 5ghz, ?
If I go 5 ghz then it becomes a question of radio compatibility-what will work best with the intel in the dell and the atheros in the macbook? How about the ralink radio in the dlink 1522-how well will that work withthe dell and the macbook?
