Could anyone point me in the direction of a 'decent' wireless N router capable of operating on the 5ghz frequency but ideally dual band?

Interested to hear your results, network speed wise.

I also need a wireless N bridge if you have any ideas.

Thanks in advance....

The wireless N standard is still not approved, and different router manufacturers have their own interpretation of the standard. For example, we have a Belkin wireless N router and a laptop that has a wireless N adapter internally (non belkin) but it refuses to work with the belkin router at N speeds, only at G speed.

Whatever one you go for, make sure its compatible with the wireless N interface card you chose.

I am not aware of any available in the UK that work on anything other 2.4GHZ.

When you get a good working combination, the range of wireless N is large, so you may not need the wireless bridge at all.

Mannyo..

Just a suggestion about N wireless and WPA/WPA2 - ive found that i can only get N to work at full speed when using WPA2 and forcing AES encryption. i think this is actually a limitation in the drivers i had this issue with a ralink chipset.

I have a Draytek 2820n router.. although its not cheap, its rock-solid reliable and i get the full 300mbit :yes:

Seems like more of a mine field than I expected

I'm trying to boost streaming speed from PC upstairs to media gizmo downstairs. Using 200mbps powerline plugs at the moment - whilst they've been rock solid, once you start jumping between ring mains the speed drops right off. Tried some new Gigabit powerline plugs from Belkin last week, very slightly faster but not enough to warrant keeping them so they're straight on eBay! Shame really, as between bedrooms upstairs they were blistering.

So though I might try wireless-N. Got wireless already, but unusable when the baby monitor is on (!!) hence why I though using the 5ghz band was a good idea.

Unless I've misunderstood the technology, I think there are some 5ghz ones available mannyo - touted as 'dual band' some (with 2 transmitters) will let N and G devices connect at the same time - some can only connect one type at a time, such as the linksys ones I was looking at on eBuyer earlier today.

Just out of interest does anyone know if a belkin wireless n router and a belkin usb n dongle work together?

Forgot to say - I need a bridge as I currently have Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and media gizmo all connected to a hub, plugged into one of the powerline sockets - want to substitute the powerline socket for a wireless N bridge.

Might just can the whole idea, as it was flaky wireless that led me to powerline in the first place - I'm just being lazy, as said media gizmo is also a NAT device so I'm just avoiding copying things over the network.

Obvious solution is to get the drill out and run some network cable I suppose!

Forgot to say - I need a bridge as I currently have Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and media gizmo all connected to a hub, plugged into one of the powerline sockets - want to substitute the powerline socket for a wireless N bridge.

Might just can the whole idea, as it was flaky wireless that led me to powerline in the first place - I'm just being lazy, as said media gizmo is also a NAT device so I'm just avoiding copying things over the network.

Obvious solution is to get the drill out and run some network cable I suppose!

I would always reccomend wired over wireless.. wireless is just a bag of hurt.. and tbh if your having problems streaming on 200gbit you may struggle with wireless

mate of mine just had a run of cat 6 put on the outside of the house.. fair enough it will die eventually but for the price of a run of cable compared to decent wireless setup?!