WRT54GL to WRT610N?

[Synomenon]

I'm currently using a Linksys WRT54GL w/ two of these antennas:
http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=58&ProdID=214

in place of its stock antennas. I'm also running it w/ the latest tomato firmware.

We recently got a new laptop that has an 802.11n card. Also, all of our desktops have gigabit ethernet and we do tend to transfer large amounts of files b/w our computers.

I can get a Linksys WRT610N for $89. Should I jump on this deal? How does the WRT610N compare to my current router in performance and range?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

A review on it here...almost 2 years ago
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...ltaneous-dual-n-band-wireless-router-reviewed

Seems to handle higher loads quite well, almost 3x the throughput of the old wrt54gl, (135 megs versus 54 megs) and ability to handle higher concurrent connections also, thanks to 64 megs of RAM.

You should get a little increase in range...I did when I went from my wrt54gl to a wrt150n, in my 3 story house my laptop now registered 54 megs everywhere...with still decent speeds anywhere, prior to that it usually registered around the 20's...and if I was in a far corner I'd often get timeouts when surfing.

 

[Synomenon]

I've been using a WRT610N now for a couple of weeks.

I just found an external antenna kit for the WRT610N that doesn't require soldering. I'm going to try this. I wish they had an external antenna kit that would work with the 5GHz radio though.

I'm also thinking about exchanging the WRT610N with a Netgear WNDR3700 since that seems to be getting better reviews than the WRT610N.

I plan on getting a second WRT610N or two WNDR3700s (if I return my first WRT610N).

I'm going to use one as a repeater for the other using their 5GHz radios as the link between the units (since I don't have anything with a 5GHz radio). Then their 2.4GHz radios will be used for the network.