Network switch with wireless APN

1) What are you going to pay for that D-link?
2) Why don't you just get a normal router with a WiFi AP included?
3) Do you have specific needs such as 4x 1Gbps LAN ports + 802.11n WiFi AP @ 2.4GHz ?

There are many routers out there that includes a network switch + WiFi AP, and some of them even comes with a separate switch chipset. eg. TP-Link WR1043ND (R650 incl VAT, excl shipping)
 
Didn't get a price on the D-Link yet.

Current network configuration:

1. ADSL router --> 2. Smoothwall --> 3. Network switch --> 4. Wireless APN

Some pcs are wired and some are wireless. I just wanted to combine 3 and 4 above into one device.

Internal wired network is 1 Gbps with cat6 cabling as we're using Pastel Evolution on it. Currently have 4 ports (of 8 ports on the switch) in use: 2 pcs, the server, and the APN. The rest of the pcs for Pastel are wired directly to a switch at the server.
 
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Why you need all in one? One lightning strike and all internal network gone. Stay with separate ADSL router at least. Easy to replace.
 
In an office environment, I'd stick with separate equipment - like you currently have it.
 
AirWolf said:
One thing going down crashing the whole system is a very big disadvantage.
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Yup. This is why you should keep your existing setup like it is.

In an office you really don't want server downtime due to someone reconfiguring the wireless or due to a router crashing. This is why having network switches is important, because they don't really crash (unless perhaps flooded on purpose).
At my office our Linksys WRT54GL wireless access points are completely separate from our network switches and other routers. So if we reconfigure/remove our AP's, it does not affect any of our servers. Developers on the wireless connections will lose their connections to the servers though, which is why we try to keep everyone connected via LAN cable.

If you go for that D-Link combined unit, then you'll lose out on 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports too, since your current network switch has 8.

If you need faster WiFi connectivity, you can always buy a 802.11n 300Mbps (or faster) WiFi AP with MIMO support (and 3 external antennas) for maximum performance. Just take note that its clients (laptops/cellphones) needs to support 802.11n too to be able to make use of the faster speed. Because 802.11g wireless is still limited to just 54Mbps.
 
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