RamGuy
Senior Member
Now that I've got my FreeNAS (FreeBSD) file-server up and running and all my Macs (as well as my Windows) systems are backup up directly to my file-server I had no need for my Apple TimeCapsule any more so I sold it and to my disbelief I got almost as much for it used as I paid for it in the first place.
This put's me back in the market for another wireless product to host my wireless network. I've got a PfSense router up and running so there is really no need for routing capabilities, but the amount of high performance wireless access points on the market is very limited and their prices tend to be about to same as a wireless router in the first place so I guess a router with disabled DHCP is the way to go if I want a high performing wireless network.
I've got $250 to spend on a wireless solution, and my requirements are simple enough. I want the fastest and most reliable 3x3 stream 5.0GHz @ 40Hz connection for my MacBook Pro's as possible. It's as simple as that really. I will use 2.4GHz @ 40Hz for all my other devices that are not 3x3 stream like my iPhone, iPad, other Windows notebooks etc.. But here performance isn't really an issue, it's my MacBook Pro's with their Broadcom 3x3 stream connections that requires high reliable performance.
From the graphs it seems to me like the RT-N66U, WNDR4000, DIR-665, E4200, E4200v2 and WNDR4500 are all battling for the crown but when I read on other sites the numbers are getting tossed all over the place like CNet seems to claim that the WNDR4500's wireless performance is rather disappointing but this doesn't show from the graphs on Smallnetbuilder which makes me somewhat confused.
If we toss all routing performance, USB-features and all that nonsense aside and are looking on raw wireless 5.0GHz @ 40Hz 3x3 stream performance and reliability, which router / access point would you say is the best one to go for these days?
This put's me back in the market for another wireless product to host my wireless network. I've got a PfSense router up and running so there is really no need for routing capabilities, but the amount of high performance wireless access points on the market is very limited and their prices tend to be about to same as a wireless router in the first place so I guess a router with disabled DHCP is the way to go if I want a high performing wireless network.
I've got $250 to spend on a wireless solution, and my requirements are simple enough. I want the fastest and most reliable 3x3 stream 5.0GHz @ 40Hz connection for my MacBook Pro's as possible. It's as simple as that really. I will use 2.4GHz @ 40Hz for all my other devices that are not 3x3 stream like my iPhone, iPad, other Windows notebooks etc.. But here performance isn't really an issue, it's my MacBook Pro's with their Broadcom 3x3 stream connections that requires high reliable performance.
From the graphs it seems to me like the RT-N66U, WNDR4000, DIR-665, E4200, E4200v2 and WNDR4500 are all battling for the crown but when I read on other sites the numbers are getting tossed all over the place like CNet seems to claim that the WNDR4500's wireless performance is rather disappointing but this doesn't show from the graphs on Smallnetbuilder which makes me somewhat confused.
If we toss all routing performance, USB-features and all that nonsense aside and are looking on raw wireless 5.0GHz @ 40Hz 3x3 stream performance and reliability, which router / access point would you say is the best one to go for these days?
