I've pushed over 240mbit/s on my D-Link DIR-655 N "router" (which I use as nothing more than an AP) and an Intel 5300 NIC. You don't have to run dual frequency, but that was with a double (40MHz) channel.
I know that the dd-wrt project is quite popular, but for router and/or firewall duties, think they're all garbage compared to pfSense....but will allow that I have a complex setup with unusual requirements. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Harry McGregor > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:11 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs???? > > On 5/9/10 9:59 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote: > > The airport extreme is actually very nice, esp for the price. > > A lot of N routers/APs don't even give you Gig ports. Why bother if > > the Wifi can do 300Mbit and the wired is only 100. > > > Simple, most N routers are not dual frequency, thus only 150Mbit, and that is > the wireless data rate, not the actual data rate. > > 150Mbit wireless can easily fit on a 100Mbit wired pipe. > > Does not mean I don't prefer to have a Gig switch in the router, but 100Mbit > won't be your bottle neck in most 802.11n networks. > > As far as routers go, if it runs dd-wrt, I am interested in it, otherwise, I am > not. > > Harry