PCWorld: ZyXEL NWA-3166 Hybrid Wireless Access Point
The NWA-3166 can function in three different modes, offering SMBs flexibility in how they set up and configure office wireless LANs, at a price they can afford.
“Building and maintaining a wireless network isn’t difficult when all of your employees fit around a single access point. Once you need to juggle radio profiles, security settings, and Quality of Service (QoS) configurations for multiple access points across an office building, a dedicated wireless-management product starts to look compelling.
ZyXEL’s NWA-3166 ($400 as of February 10, 2010) is a “hybrid AP”–a wireless access point that can work as a wireless AP controller, a managed access point, or a stand-alone access point. It’s aimed at small businesses that want to expand a wireless network while minimizing the growing pains and eliminating the need for a dedicated wireless controller.”