I was about to spring for this beast:
http://routerboard.com/RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN
when I saw something that made me pause:
If you poke around their site, you'll see that the wireless functions in their routers are added using miniPCI cards. While these are powerful, they aren't dual band, they're dual chain, 2X2 MIMO. One radio only, 2 antennas.
I have a few 'g' clients that I can't upgrade (long story) so I'll be running a mixed network. Bad news according to Tim:
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=2506
So if I did upgrade to this router over my ancient Linksys WRT54GL, I would see a speed decrease for all devices concerned, even my old 'g' clients?
Am I misinterpreting this?
It's too bad, this router looks to have impressive power and an unbelievable amount of settings and configuration options but the wireless isn't as advanced as a top consumer-level router like the ASUS RT-N66U.
http://routerboard.com/RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN
when I saw something that made me pause:
MicroTik said:Also, it features powerful 1000mW dual chain 2.4Ghz 802.11bgn wireless AP
If you poke around their site, you'll see that the wireless functions in their routers are added using miniPCI cards. While these are powerful, they aren't dual band, they're dual chain, 2X2 MIMO. One radio only, 2 antennas.
I have a few 'g' clients that I can't upgrade (long story) so I'll be running a mixed network. Bad news according to Tim:
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=2506
So if I did upgrade to this router over my ancient Linksys WRT54GL, I would see a speed decrease for all devices concerned, even my old 'g' clients?
Am I misinterpreting this?
It's too bad, this router looks to have impressive power and an unbelievable amount of settings and configuration options but the wireless isn't as advanced as a top consumer-level router like the ASUS RT-N66U.