Which wireless router doesn't suffer from that?
None, I assume. However, I read a
review of the SMC model that frankqfrank mentioned, and it only suffers a 30% degradation...I'm a bit of a speed freak (ex: got a 1.6a chugging along at 2.4)
But it's not only perf I'm concerned with. My main issue is losing my machine's IP with the 'net, and letting the router do it. Right now, I can make and accept videoconferencing calls with either NetMeeting or Windows Messenger. Also, I like to remotely access my home machine using NetMeeting's Remote Desktop Sharing feature. I fear the wrong wireless router means I lose RDS capabilities, and videoconferencing and online gaming will be a pain to configure. I think UPnP support is supposed to solve this kind of thing (hey, I'm a wireless newbie, step in and correct me at any time), but from what I could see with the SMC router, it also does not support UPnP.
I'm not trying to crap in my own thread (that would be weird, no...?), this is a good deal for many others. Just need to make sure I don't buy the wrong thing for myself.