Netgear’s New Wireless-N Gigabit Router with USB
If you are constantly struggling like me to unsuccessfully pull your assortment of wired and wireless networks together, you might want to check out this new router from Netgear that will hit select retailers and online stores this fall for $139. Granted it’s more expensive but how many of us buy cheaper, less reliable brands and end up replacing them once too often due to inconsistent signal?
Netgear ‘s RangeMax Wireless-N Gigabit Router runs on open source Linux platform and supports a wide variety of popular free applications such as DD-WRT, OpenWRT and Tomato. Apart from the support to enable more applications from the open source community, RangeMax offers high-performance wireless range and speed, Gigabit Ethernet ports and ReadyShare USB storage access. Netgear is working with software vendors through a partner program to develop more commercial grade applications such as increased online gaming support, high-speed USB file reads and writes, easy remote access, etc.
Other specific features include a 480MHz MIPS 74K CPU core with embedded hardware acceleration, a 8 MB of flash memory and 64 MB of RAM (enough to run even business-class applications). It also has five 10/100/1000 (one WAN port and four LAN) Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology with high WAN to LAN speeds in excess of 350 Mbps. It incorporates an 802.11n access point with a wireless repeater mode to extend range. The three internal Metamaterial antennas provide enhanced wireless range and reliable connections. In addition to its Gigabit Ethernet ports to deliver ultra-fast wired network connections, the WNR3500L router includes a USB 2.0 host port for USB networked storage and for developing other customer applications, including remote access, DLNA/UPnP Media Server support, and USB modem support for 3G/4G/WiMax high-speed cellular connections.
The router protects the network from intruders via a double firewall and Denial-of-service attack prevention. The wireless connection is secured with support for Wi-Fi Protected Access, WPA2-PSK, while Push ‘N’ Connect using Wi-Fi Protected Setup enables users to add computers to the network quickly and securely. For maximum throughput, NETGEAR recommends the RangeMax Wireless-N Gigabit Router with USB be used with a matching Wireless-N client device such as the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter (WN111).
The router is backed by a one-year warranty and 24/7 technical support.
