D-Link DAP-2553 Air Premier-N Dual-Band PoE Access Point, Selectable Dual-Band Draft 802.11nD-Link DAP-2553 Air Premier-N Dual-Band PoE Access Point, Selectable Dual-Band Draft 802.11n available on October 08 2015 from Amazon for 99.99
This would easily be a 5-star product with some minor improvements to setup documentation and configuration screens.
Pros: * Great wireless range * Compact design * Reasonably fast re-boots as it is configured
Cons: * In-box documentation is too skimpy for many people to set it up without a support call * Configuration application lacks the supporting instructions supplied by other manufacturers (NetGear) * A little pricey - but performance makes up for it
I use a LinkSys router in my home network, which has a default IP of 192.168.1.1. The DAP-2553 uses a default IP of 192.168.0.50, so have to change its IP to one that uses 192.168.1.x for it to work, and the in-box documentation does not tell you how do do this. Fortunately, D-Link's excellent product support got me going in a few minutes, and without grilling me about the product serial number or when I had purchased it (NetGear's support is a pain).
This would easily be a 5-star product with some minor improvements to setup documentation and configuration screens.Pros:* Great wireless range* Compact design* Reasonably fast re-boots as it is configuredCons:* In-box documentation is too skimpy for many people to set it up without a support call* Configuration application lacks the supporting instructions supplied by other manufacturers (NetGear)* A little pricey - but performance makes up for itI use a LinkSys router in my home network, which has a default IP of 192.168.1.1. The DAP-2553 uses a default IP of 192.168.0.50, so have to change its IP to one that uses 192.168.1.x for it to work, and the in-box documentation does not tell you how do do this. Fortunately, D-Link's excellent product support got me going in a few minutes, and without grilling me about the product serial number or when I had purchased it (NetGear's support is a pain).If...Read more