I have got all kinds of 2.4 Ghz wireless devices in my home. The cordless phones, the alarm system, the wifi not to mention the microwave oven. The effect this has on my wifi reception is not negligible. so I had to let go my dear old D-Link DIR-615 (whom by the way with the dd-wrt firmware is a beast in sheep's clothing) for a more powerful router.
My problem is twofold:
1) There's a buttload of other wifi's in range.
2) Interference: moving my router 4 feet, changed my RSSI by a level of 10.
All my network attached devices are located in my office at a point that corresponds to a corner in my office, so I cannot exactly afford to have the router very far from that point, so I needed a router that just blasted a good signal in the worse possible conditions. Here enters the buffalo wzr-hp-g450h. At a price point of about 75$ Canadian, this little powerhouse comes pre-loaded with dd-wrt "pro", which has literally tons of feature, I cannot even begin to list them. However I was much more concerned about range and signal clarity.
With it's 3 antennae and the choice of a "user friendly firmware", as opposed to the perhaps more daunting dd-wrt, when properly configured I gained 20 RSSI points. The user friendly firmware has a distinct advantage of giving you the best signal out of the box (without any major tweaking) though very similar results can be had with the DD-WRT firmware. If you are a propeller head like me you will enjoy tweaking it, but if not, it also has a nice guide and a user friendly firmware that will have you up and running in minutes.
Coming up next: The Patriot PCNASJV35S4 Javelin S4 NAS/Media Server (in the mail)
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