Anyone have recommendations for a Wireless Access Point (802.11G or draft-N)?

[szh]

Hi, all.

I am looking for a decent wireless access point for my home network. My son has an iPod Touch and my wife has a new Apple Macbook Pro, and they want to hook into our home Ethernet network via 802.11. I also want to do the same with my Dell Windows laptop (has 802.11A, B and G).

I believe that the Touch uses G and the Macbook can do B and G (not pre-N or N as far as I know). However, I want to consider getting a Pre-N or Draft-N access point to maximize the distance that we can use the network from. 'Cause I have a hill behind our house that I want to climb up and work from up there on occasion ... great, relaxing view!

So far, most of what I have found are full-blown routers (that cost more!), not just wireless access points, for Draft-N - particular Draft 2.0 N.

My questions: does anyone know of a good Draft-N WAP rather than a router? If not, how about an 802.11G WAP? What would you all recommend?

Thanks,

Z

[240Knightrider]

Honestly the Plain access points are the same price as the regular routers.

as for as recommendations go, Go with either belkin or Linksys.

Belkin > Linksys > Dlink > Trendnet > netgear

Just from experience.

[szh]

Okay, fwiw, even though you recommended Belkin and Linksys higher, I ended up buying the D-Link 655 Xtreme-N Gigabit (it is a router, not an access point) due to price and features and availability at a store here, and it is working very well with all our stuff!

Load of features at a reasonable price and it is very easy to configure and setup. I have WPA2 security enabled, 802.11G and 802.11N enabled, MAC address filtering turned on, no SID broadcast, NAT on, and it is working perfectly. No lockups, no problems, reasonable distance (through walls!) coverage, etc.

Happy camper here.

Z

[240Knightrider]

Cool deal, glad it works good for you.

D-link is a good company. also a way a router works depends on your ISP also. Some work better with others.