Need recommendations on a bridge

[boomhower]

I have moved and my wireless set-up is no longer cutting the mustard. My set-up is an E4200 router and I have been using a Netgear 5Ghz bridge connected to my media streamer. In my old place this speed was fine. I have moved and the distance has been extended to 70 feet and it's just not good enough, on my laptop I'm getting 800kb/s on the 5Ghz N and 2.7MB/s on the 2.4Ghz G. Move to 2.4Ghz N and it goes to 4.7MB/s N. At this distance my PS3 won't even stream Netflix, weak radio in that thing I guess Considering that this router does not have the ability to add external antennas it would a appear a 2.4Ghz bridge would be the way to go. I am not flashing dd-wrt. I don't need any added functionality to my router and unless it greatly improves range I don't want to risk bricking a $180 router.

From the looking I've been doing N bridges are ridiculously overpriced. So I am eying the Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N router since it has built in dd-wrt and a simple box tick will turn it into a bridge. Thoughts on it?

I am open to any and all suggestions but the price has to be under $100 and under $50 is even better. It must have at least two ports(WD streamers and PS3) with three even better.

 

[thiggins]

Switching to 2.4 GHz will give you more range or throughput as you have found.

What bridges are you looking at? You can get a refurb'd WET610N direct from Cisco for $55 with 30 day return.

If you have coax in both locations, you can also try MoCA adapters. If not, try a pair of HomePlug AV powerline adapters.

 

[boomhower]

Switching to 2.4 GHz will give you more range or throughput as you have found.

What bridges are you looking at? You can get a refurb'd WET610N direct from Cisco for $55 with 30 day return.

If you have coax in both locations, you can also try MoCA adapters. If not, try a pair of HomePlug AV powerline adapters.

That Linksys only has one port on it, I need at least two. I was looking at using that Buffalo router as a bridge. I have never messed powerline or MoCA(coax I'm guessing?).

 

[thiggins]

You can always attach a switch to any bridge. There is the WES610N, but it's more expensive due to the switch and its newness.

 

[boomhower]

You can always attach a switch to any bridge. There is the WES610N, but it's more expensive due to the switch and its newness.

I had come across that one and really wanted it, but I can't spend $130 on it. I love Linksys routers, I used a WRT54G, WRT610N, and now an E4200. But that product is just overpriced. I ordered the Buffalo N300 and it should do the job just fine once configured as a bridge. It should be here today, $4 next day shipping from Amazon is very very nice.