Last summer I bought an Almond to use as a repeater to get wifi to the third floor of the house (router is on the ground floor). It was a Cisco g router at the time. I put the Almond on the second level next to the stairs, and it set up fine. It boosted the signal to the top floor from 2 bars to 4 bars. Everything was fine for well over six months.
I recently bought another Almond to replace the old Cisco g router to get n router speeds. I left the Almond repeater in the same place. It seemed to set up fine and was showing five bars (excellent) on the third floor, but after a while users on the third floor began complaining about the internet dropping frequently and slow internet start-up. I began troubleshooting today when I had time.
** I reset both Almonds. No change.
** I changed channels on both Almonds. No change.
** I began monitoring a PC and a Windows laptop on the third floor. Sure enough, every once in a while the wireless connection indicator on the toolbar would say "no internet access," and then in a while it would reconnect. It always showed five bars.
** I disconnected the PC and laptop from the Almond repeater, turned off the Almond repeater, and connected both directly to the Almond router on the first floor. Although just showing three bars, the internet connection is stable and did not drop in hours of use.
So -- it appears that the Almond as a repeater does not work with an Almond as a router?