Can WRT300N be used as an access point?

My current network uses another company's wireless access point , but I'd like to go to an "N" speed on wireless. A store near me has the WRT300N Wireless-N broadband router on sale. Can I use it as an access point for my wireless computers or do I need something more specific like the WAP4400N access point.
thanks,
Chris

yes..you can certainly use the wrt300n as a wireless AP .. no problem

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