I don't think this has been done specifically for the tablet, searching forum hasn't suggested a particular thread.

I just bought a netgear WNDR3300 for work after reading reviews. I can confirm that in WPA2/AES-only mode it works well with the N800 and latest diablo - connected first time no problems!
Range is good, using wifiinfo, it measures better than 40% in the far reaches of my house (through double-layer brick walls, plastboard with metal filing cabinets in the way), and a good distance out into the garden.

Doing a wget, when the tablet is close enough for 100% signal, from a directly connected fileserver (connected to WAN port at 100Mb/s), writing to /dev/null, gives me 550kB/s, i.e. about 5Mb/s, which is fairly respectable but not overwhelming considering the router is set to the 130M mode :-(

Given the n800's wifi performance is known to be poor, I would only consider buying this higher-spec and higher-price access point would be to get future-proofing and the dual-band mode.

The Airport Extreme N, in WPA2-only mode or mixed WPA1/WPA2, also works flawlessly with the tablet. However, the only way to admin is using Apple's software - no web interface at all.

I have carried out a speed test on an Apple Airport Extreme N, when it's not being used and is connected to gigabit port on a decent machine, and the wifi speed has been no better than the Netgear above.

Hmm well, I don't think the NIT can handle much more than 5 MB/sec. You can test it with e.g. a laptop. See if you get a much faster throughput or not.


Any AP should do it. Preferably you want IPsec/VPN or WPA2. WPA or WEP don't cut it.

I made my own AP using a Soekris and Atheros miniPCI card. It runs a BSD, has a web interface, SSH, and serial console and I decide which applications run on it and if I ever get FIOS I can use this as firewall/router with a VPN accelerator. It works well, but recently I moved it 50 cm (~1,6 ft.) to a different location and now I hardly have connectivity in my bedroom, if any at all. This is with both NIT and laptop. BTW, I find the WiFi receptibility of the N810 pretty good. All this using 802.11g and WPA2 (I will implement IPsec/VPN later).

Using a good old WRT54G here with Tomato firmware. Just about the most stable hardware/software combination for a router or WiFi AP I've ever seen. Works great with the N800 and every other device that ever connected to it.

I agree with Johnx. My WRT54GL with DD-WRT firmware on it is rock-solid yet very flexible.

I also use my router, daily, as an endpoint for an SSH tunnel for proxy and VNC.

I'm constantly astonished at just how crappy some wireless routers can be in comparison. It doesn't do "N" and it doesn't do gigabit Ethernet, so it's showing its age, but it does what it can do very very well.