The Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router is really four devices in one
box. First, there's the dual-band Wireless Access Point, which lets you
connect to the network without wires. There's also a built-in 4-port
full-duplex 10/100/1000 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices
together at up to gigabit speeds. The Router function ties it all
together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL
Internet connection.
We've also included a Storage Link that lets you easily add gigabytes
of storage space onto your network using readily available USB 2.0 hard
drives--or plug in a USB flash disk for a convenient way to access your
portable data files. The built-in Media Server streams music, video,
and photos from the attached storage device to any UPnP compatible
media adapter. And you can get to your files from anywhere in the world
through the Internet.
The Access Point built into the Router uses
a dual-band version of the very latest wireless networking technology,
Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the signals of multiple
radios for each band, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO)
technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike ordinary wireless
networking technologies that are confused by signal reflections, MIMO
actually uses these reflections to increase the range and reduce "dead
spots" in the wireless coverage area. The robust signals travel
farther, maintaining wireless connections much farther than standard
Wireless-G.
With Wireless-N, the farther away you are, the more speed advantage
you get. It works great with standard Wireless-G, -A, and -B equipment,
but when both ends of the wireless link are Wireless-N, the router can
increase the throughput even more by using twice as much radio band,
yielding speeds much faster than standard Wireless-G. But unlike other
speed-enhanced technologies, Wireless-N can dynamically enable this
double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices, while still connecting to
other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. In congested
areas, the "good neighbor" mode ensures that the Router checks for
other wireless devices in the area before gobbling up the radio band.
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Since the Router can operate in both the 2.4 and 5 gigahertz radio
bands at the same time, it effectively doubles your available wireless
bandwidth. For instance, you could set up your network to handle video
streaming on one radio band, and use the other band for simultaneous
data transfer--avoiding any interference or collisions that would
degrade the video performance. To help protect your data and
privacy, the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with
industrial-strength 256-bit encryption. It can serve as your network's
DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against
intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN
pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based
configuration utility. |
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The incredible speed of Wireless-N and gigabit wired networking is
ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and
Voice over IP telephony, and gives you plenty of headroom to run
multiple media-intense data streams through the network at the same
time, with no degradation in performance. With the Linksys Wireless-N
Storage Link Router at the center of your home or office network, you
can easily add storage, share a high-speed Internet connection, files,
printers and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications
at amazing speeds, without the hassle of stringing wires.
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Form factor
External
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Connectivity technology
Wired, Wireless
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Integrated Switch
4-port switch
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Line coding format
16 QAM, CCK, QPSK, OFDM, BPSK, 64 QAM
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Data link protocol
Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)
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Switching protocol
Ethernet
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Transport protocol
PPPoE, L2TP, PPTP
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Routing protocol
RIP, Static IP routing
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Remote management protocol
HTTPS, HTTP
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Status Indicators
Power, Port status
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Features
Wi-Fi
Multimedia (WMM) support, DHCP server, Auto-uplink (auto MDI/MDI-X),
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), Firewall protection, MIMO technology,
Firmware upgradable, Quality of Service (QoS), VPN passthrough,
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), NAT support
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Compliant Standards
IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.3ab
Antenna
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Antenna Quantity
3
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Antenna
Internal integrated
Communications
Expansion / Connectivity
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Interfaces
4
x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45, 1 x
Network - Radio-Ethernet, 1 x Network - Ethernet
10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45 ( WAN ), 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4
pin USB Type A
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Port(s) Total (Free) / Connector Type
1
Network Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T:RJ-45, 1 Network
Radio-Ethernet:, 1 Hi-Speed USB 4 pin USB Type A, 4 Network Ethernet
10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T:RJ-45
