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Access Point vs Wireless Router...
Name: Eric Williams Date: May 12, 2006 at 20:30:01 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home Edition S CPU/Ram: 2.60GHz HT P4 800MHz FSB
Comment:
What is the point of buying a Access Point for $80 when you can buy a wireless router for < $70? What am I missing here. What exactly does an access point do?
Any help would be greatly appreciated... any help... at all... about anything... please?
Wireless router have Access Points + router performance.
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Response Number 2
Name: Eric Williams Date: May 13, 2006 at 17:01:06 Pacific
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Then why are access points priced higher than most standard G routers?
Any help would be greatly appreciated... any help... at all... about anything... please?
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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer Date: May 14, 2006 at 18:13:15 Pacific
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What you are missing Eric is supply and demand. Much more demand for the wireless routers than AP's. Especially considering you can modify a wireless router to act like a AP.
Give a person a fish, they eat for a day. Suggest they internet search and they learn a skill for a lifetime.
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Response Number 4
Name: Eric Williams Date: May 17, 2006 at 15:56:49 Pacific
Reply:
Ahh, I knew I should have paid attention in that economics class ;-).
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