Eh, got tired of dealing with wireless and just setup cat5e cabling thru the walls; was a pain but at least now I have gigabit ethernet again ... Mmmm bandwidth...

Today I ordered the D-Link DIR-855 from my friends at Newegg. This device is a bit overpriced, but with the current firmware and rev chipset seems to be one of the better choices for handling mixed mode 2.4ghz/5ghz wireless.

Most broadband routers advertise they are 'dual-band', meaning they can transmit 2.4ghz and 5ghz at the same time, however this is misleading as they are not 'dual-radio' or 'dual-transmitter'; so you get a device that ends up gimping both frequencies when you run mixed mode.

The solution to this problem are the dual-radio generation of mixed mode wifi routers, as each radio handles each frequency.

Can't wait to try it out next week :)