Help me pick a Wireless router

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SCHUMI-4-EVA

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I hope this is the right section. Please move if it's not and keep the rotten veggies to a minimum.

I've found two wireless routers and I'm not sure whether either has an edge.
http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/home-sol...outers/dwr-116-wireless-n300-multi-wan-router
http://www.tp-link.co.za/products/details/cat-4691_TL-MR3420.html#overview

What I want to do is create a new WiFi zone off a WAN connection whilst simultaneously feeding a LAN connection back to the PC that was original connected to the WAN cable. And the new WiFi zone needs be a bit larger than standard so they need 5dBi Antennas.

And as far as I can tell both of those are equal in all aspects.
All I've got to go on is that I currently favour the D-Link because I found it first and that I'm not a fan of the white aesthetic of the TP-Link plus TP = toilet paper whereas D-Link has no such naming flaw (though I guess you could go for douche but TP is far more immediate).

So I'm hoping that some of you guys might have some more technical reasons for me why I should consider the one over the other. Or perhaps an entirely different suggestion (that I can get from Takealot or Rebel Tech and is under R1K)? (and no I'm not boosting the original WiFi signal with just an extender)
 
As far as possible through up down and over everything WiFi hates. It may not be enough to cover everything I want it to, but at the very least at slight boost to the current signal would be nice (and I'm almost certain it will give me at least 2-3 extra meters upstairs despite the concrete obstacle). I don't know the exact measurements. Kind of hard to explain but there's concrete and multiple levels so not WiFi's best friend, but also not unreasonably far.

Our house is made up of 3.5 incomplete levels (so don't think big and crazy rich, just on a hill/oddly built, there's no single level than runs the entire length). The Netgear router is at the top and failing to completely cover the dining room and not penetrating the concrete ceiling to my study below. This wireless router will be placed in my study almost directly below the dining room (so the first thing it has to do is go up a level through concrete, yay) but it would be great if it could reach the granny flat as well (~10-20 meters further from the dining room) and not just provide WiFi to the study and dining room which is why I want the 5dbi Antennas (although it might require even more power but oh well, it's worth a try I figure).

The netgear already covers 90% of the space it needs to. This is most just a convenience thing to extend that final 10%, cover the one room the netgear has zero chance of reaching (where the wireless router will be so range zero) and an added bonus would be giving the flat some WiFi as well (which starts a bit after 100%).


I'd already sort of successfully achieved this with an old Telkom Billion router but since it didn't have a bridge only mode it would keep stealing priority every few hours and disabling my internet as a result. So I'm fairly confident I'm not making a terrible choice.
 
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I know you said you dont like the white TP link products, but just look at the prices.


Plus you throw in 3x8dBi antennas

And I dont know how technical other products are when it comes to the WEB UI, but comparing my previous Netgear to my current TP link the WEB UI is far technical, the netgear had: SSID, ON/OFF, Password and encryption. Its a joke.
 
Based on the manual the options offered a pretty much the same and equally good on the WB UI side. I guess the TP-Link could edge it because it's url is text and not IP based (thus easier to remember offhand). The manual itself of the D-Link is far more professionally made though so it edges that, not that the TP-Link is terrible.

Price is also negligible.
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/wireless...h-tp-link-tl-mr3420-3g-4g-wireless-n-rou.html
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/wireless...support-d-link-wireless-n300-multi-wan-r.html

And do I really need the separate antennas or to change my choice completely? As I edited in the main Netgear already covers 90% of what I want WiFi'd. This is just to fill the remaining 10%, fill the "WiFi sealed" room (where the router will be) and as an added bonus perhaps extend a little beyond the 100% of just the house to reach the flat as well.
I'd already sort of accomplished this with an old Telkom Bilion router, but since it didn't have a bridge-only mode it would keep stealing priority and disabling the internet every few hours.
So I don't quite see the need for the WiFi arsenal. (plus the suggested router doesn't give me the direct connect to the desktop PC)
 
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Hmm. I think I've decided to get the TP-Link I was looking at (MR3420). A good amount of positive reviews on Takealot, local website (well co.za domain at least) and that text based URL edge it out ahead. And it's R30 cheaper which can go towards delivery since Rebel Tech doesn't do Free delivery for "cheap" orders.
 
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http://tplinkwifi.net for the Web UI on the TP-Link
192.168.0.1. for the Web UI on the D-Link

I'm going to remember the first much easier/enter it more instinctively if I need to get to the Web UI. Just like how I'm so used to entering routerlogin.net to access my Netgear and can never remember my sister's 3G router Web UI IP address.
 
SCHUMI-4-EVA said:
http://tplinkwifi.net for the Web UI on the TP-Link
192.168.0.1. for the Web UI on the D-Link

I'm going to remember the first much easier/enter it more instinctively if I need to get to the Web UI. Just like how I'm so used to entering routerlogin.net to access my Netgear and can never remember my sister's 3G router Web UI IP address.
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You can make the gateway IP whatever you like, but how difficult is 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1?
 
it's not, but it's not as nice as routerlogin.net
And I've never seen an option to change the Gateway URL on any of my routers.

Anyways I've ordered the TP-Link (MR3420). Shouldn't make a difference either way as they both had the same specs.

I'll let you know how it goes once it gets here next week sometime hopefully.
 
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