wireless access pt vs wireless router

[timberwolf1]

Hi all

I am in the process of going wireless. Upon looking up certain products I found that in several case wireless router were as cheap (or cheaper) the wireless access points (WAP). Why is this? What are the differences between the two? It seems to me that you get more from a wireless router and if it costs the same that thats what I should buy. Is there something I am missing here. Please help me understand any reason not to buy the wireless router over the WAP. Thanks!



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[bemenaker]

I have asked this very same question. Unless I am really missing something here, an AP router is going to have more hardware in it than a straight AP. Also it is definetly going to have a bigger more complex software package in it. Both of these equal a more expensive build of a product, yet they are the cheaper part. I guess this is the companies way of trying to reclaim development cost. Let's gouge the consumers on the cheaper part that will probably sell less to ofset the price of the more expensive yet higher volume selling product. Make sense no, but I guess we don't have a choice but to buy the cheaper product and not use part of it's features.