I actually like the web UI because it doesn't require installing software anywhere. It's one of the things I don't like about my Google Wifi products.

The other problem is that the Airport Express is 802.11n, and I need ac. I'm definitely not going to drop $200 on whatever device I end up getting, so the Extreme is out.


I've seen that used too, but I've also seen most of these terms used for other setups. There's a lot of confusion...


Good point. I'd rather not mess with DD-WRT, but I will if I have to.


That's a good example of the confusion I've had. It looks like that router has three modes:

AP - just a regular router

WDS - not the kind of WDS I'm familiar with. I thought WDS always described a repeater, which rebroadcasts the signal from the main router and consequently halves the bandwidth to the devices connected to the repeater. But according to that manual, WDS is what I want, where it connects to the main router wirelessly but disables the wireless broadcast.

Hybrid - basically what I thought WDS was as described above.

The terminology is all over the place and it's maddening.

I'll consider that one, but $110 is still a little more than I'm hoping to pay for this.