#Michael Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Moving into a new townhouse soon and the square footage is quite large. My computer equipment will be in my second bedroom/office and will be farther away from the living area of the house. So, the coverage may not be great. I currently have the asus rt-n66u, which is the best router I have ever had. But I want to add in a secondary one as an AP to supplement coverage. Any recommendations on a brand and model? I don't need many features as it will just be put into bridge mode and act as an AP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Amped Wireless seems to get the most praise around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Amped Wireless seems to get the most praise around here. Yeah...from remixedcat when he/she was here. Any specific model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Trendnet - TEW-638APB or TEW-653AP Second one is POE if you want/need that. Obi-Wan Kenobi 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Trendnet - TEW-638APB or TEW-653AP Second one is POE if you want/need that. The 638 has been discontinued but the 653 looks promising. EDIT: The v. 2 of the 638 is discontinued. Version 3 is out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniv Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Ubiquiti UniFi AP Enterprise WiFi System Long Range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 AmpedWireless is pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Ubiquiti UniFi AP Enterprise WiFi System Long Range This is for a 1800sq ft townhouse and not a warehouse building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjf288 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 http://routerboard.com/RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Amped Wireless seems to get the most praise around here. just from that one guy. and it's the most ****ing annoying thing ever. I'd *not* buy it just because of the obnoxiousness. Shouting your brand name as loud as you can does not good marketing make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 This is probably the one I am going to get: http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-300Mbps-Wireless-Access-TEW-638PAP/dp/B0039ZQQPQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3R6T0GASOC543&coliid=I2EK3BFYT8EYRO The trendnet tew-638pap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 Ubiquiti UniFi AP Enterprise WiFi System Long Range Just as an update...I spent a good deal of time yesterday looking at AP and this one turns out to get great reviews and is pretty inexpensive. http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UniFi-Enterprise-System-Range/dp/B005H4CDF4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3R6T0GASOC543&coliid=I3EWN5H95E6IGU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 ooo that looks pretty. have you checked out cisco's btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 ooo that looks pretty. have you checked out cisco's btw? Sarcasm aside...you can turn off the green ring. The cisco series that would be what I am look for is the Aironet 600 which looks good but is twice as expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade1269 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I say apple airport extreem just got one .. Easily the best router I've ever owned. And If you want more coverage just buy airport express, so easy to comfigure . With express has USB for printer sharing and for newyork hardive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Sarcasm aside...you can turn off the green ring. The cisco series that would be what I am look for is the Aironet 600 which looks good but is twice as expensive. that wasn't sarcasm, i actually think it looks very pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphen Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I bought this: http://www.airlive.com/product/N.Power Set the region to south america, and you get a total of 2000mW output,It also has passive POE support. :-) Added a 9dBi antenna, and I now have coverage beyond my dreams :-) Edit: should add that the N.power device is 150mbit max, single antenna. All devices requiring more speed a wired. As for the Trendnet tew-638apb, I had this and the tew-637ap earlier, and both locked up when some specific devices (tried to) connect to it, or even scan for wifi networks. Firmware on both were up to date. Never did find a solution. Only thing was to ask people to turn of wifi on their phones and then restart the AP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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