07-31-2009, 03:43 PM
I am setting up wireless at a client's new office where they need access to the network in an office about 100 feet away in a different building. The offices have large windows where wireless comes through without an issue (they only had an older WRT54G to test with yesterday and I was getting a signal, albeit not a strong one) and I need something with a good amount of power/range.
I was thinking to put in a high-power Buffalo with Tomato, but the 2 users there both have 802.11N on their laptops (one MacBook Pro and one newish Dell) so would using an N router have better throughput than the Buffalo? The N routers tout more range and better data rates (they will be using Skype quite a bit and need bandwidth), so I am looking for the best range/throughput, if indeed that is the case. They have budgeted several thousand for networking, to have data cables run to that building, but I can save them most of that by getting a great router.
Any thoughts?
I was thinking to put in a high-power Buffalo with Tomato, but the 2 users there both have 802.11N on their laptops (one MacBook Pro and one newish Dell) so would using an N router have better throughput than the Buffalo? The N routers tout more range and better data rates (they will be using Skype quite a bit and need bandwidth), so I am looking for the best range/throughput, if indeed that is the case. They have budgeted several thousand for networking, to have data cables run to that building, but I can save them most of that by getting a great router.
Any thoughts?