Standalone WAP vs. Router configured as WAP
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From: Bill on 20 Jun 2008 18:07 Thanks in advance for any information. Several companies offer both wireless routers that can be configured as access pionts and standalone wireless access points. In the examples I've seen, the comparable standalone is more expensive than the router. If one is looking only for the function of a WAP (and regardless of the price differential), is there any advantage to using a standalone rather than a router? Why are standalones more expensive than routers? From my ignorant perspective, it seems like routers "do more" and I don't understand why they're less expensive. Thanks again.
From: Bill Kearney on 20 Jun 2008 20:59 > Why are standalones more expensive than routers? From my ignorant > perspective, it seems like routers "do more" and I don't understand > why they're less expensive. Market forces. Supply and demand. More people want routers, thus driving up the unit sales and decreasing the price (along with competition from other vendors). Access points, however, aren't sold in nearly the same numbers. A smart customer would know to get a router that can 'dummy down' and save a few bucks in the process.
From: Bill on 20 Jun 2008 21:16 Thanks. I thought as much, but wanted to double-check. On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:59:52 -0400, "Bill Kearney" <wkearney99(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> Why are standalones more expensive than routers? From my ignorant >> perspective, it seems like routers "do more" and I don't understand >> why they're less expensive. > >Market forces. Supply and demand. More people want routers, thus driving >up the unit sales and decreasing the price (along with competition from >other vendors). Access points, however, aren't sold in nearly the same >numbers. A smart customer would know to get a router that can 'dummy down' >and save a few bucks in the process.
From: Charles Arnett on 21 Jun 2008 08:30 I found that standalone WAP put into a regular router increases range. charles "Bill" <opchiasm(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:chlo545vbr7t6jbhrhucr41qno21b7kfas(a)4ax.com... > Thanks. I thought as much, but wanted to double-check. > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:59:52 -0400, "Bill Kearney" > <wkearney99(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> Why are standalones more expensive than routers? From my ignorant >>> perspective, it seems like routers "do more" and I don't understand >>> why they're less expensive. >> >>Market forces. Supply and demand. More people want routers, thus driving >>up the unit sales and decreasing the price (along with competition from >>other vendors). Access points, however, aren't sold in nearly the same >>numbers. A smart customer would know to get a router that can 'dummy >>down' >>and save a few bucks in the process.
From: Bill on 21 Jun 2008 09:03
That's interesting. I have a standalone WAP connected to a wired router. I thought the range should be better (for range) than a wireless router configured as a WAP, but I wasn't sure. The other reponse implies (I think) that they are the same relative to range. The choices I'm considering are a Linksys WAP54G (with SES, whatever that does - probably nothing) and WRT54GL. I don't need the router function, but I've read good things about the WRT54GL. On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:30:01 -0400, "Charles Arnett" <cjarnett(a)woh.rr.com> wrote: >I found that standalone WAP put into a regular router increases range. >charles >"Bill" <opchiasm(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:chlo545vbr7t6jbhrhucr41qno21b7kfas(a)4ax.com... >> Thanks. I thought as much, but wanted to double-check. >> >> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:59:52 -0400, "Bill Kearney" >> <wkearney99(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> Why are standalones more expensive than routers? From my ignorant >>>> perspective, it seems like routers "do more" and I don't understand >>>> why they're less expensive. >>> >>>Market forces. Supply and demand. More people want routers, thus driving >>>up the unit sales and decreasing the price (along with competition from >>>other vendors). Access points, however, aren't sold in nearly the same >>>numbers. A smart customer would know to get a router that can 'dummy >>>down' >>>and save a few bucks in the process. > |