The best wireless home access point on the market. Lacking a basement, my ability to install a wired home network across my 2 desktop and 2 laptop machines promised to be a significant chore. The differences between these two standards, HomeRF and 802.11b, are primarily that they operate on difference frequencies, and they offer different bandwith support. It functions as a wireless to Ethernet bridge, wireless to Ethernet router, or dialup to wireless router.
Cost is probably the key discriminator in choosing to buy from Buffalo.
Again, since all the units adhere to the 802.11b standard you are not getting anything 'extra' worth having by buying competing access points. Mine currently sits on top of a filing cabinet which has the bonus of being close to the ceiling. The 802.11b standard is supposed to be capable of 11mbs with a range of 100-150m. Naturally, this is the 'perfect' world environment. If you have a larger home, or cement walls, range extender atennas are available which the ASAP is capable of sending and recieving signals from.