Router Reviews

Today, the 802.11n wireless broadband routers available, uses Pre-N version of standard. The 802.11n wireless n routers are the third generation WiFi wireless routers and are very common for wireless family networking. The speed of 802.11n wireless router is equal to the Fast Ethernet. The equipments in 802.11n wireless router additionally offer increased wireless range over the 802.11g and 802.11b gear.

Just go through the most popular wireless n routers reviews. Here we reviewed Belkins, D-Links, Linksys, and other well known wireless n routers.

D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Wireless Gigabit Router
Using the draft 802.11n standard, the DIR 655 Xtreme N wireless n gigabit router delivers up to 14x speed and 6x range than the 802.11g product. It is equipped with three external antennas and powered by Xtreme N technology for enhanced home coverage. It secures your wireless network using advanced WEP, WAP or WAP2 encryption. It’s certain features include firewall protection, DHCP support, Auto negotiation, SPI and NAT support, WMM support, etc.

Belkin F5D8230-4 Pre-N Wireless Broadband Router
The Belkin’s F5D8230 Pre-N wireless router is used for broadband connections and praised high by most of the owners and reviewers. Like Proprietary extended 802.11g products, this router provides 108 Mbps of maximum bandwidth. It besides offers a maternal filter and NAT/SPI firewall. By using more advanced network protocols and antennas the F5D8230-4 improves the older gear. This decreases the wireless interface, but increases range and speed of WiFi. To get full performance you have to use the matching pre-N network adapter.

Linksys WRT300N
The Linksys’s WRT300N wireless n router is good for it’s price, well organized documentation, solid maximum throughput, essential security features, easy setup process and a long warranty period. This router support 802.11n standard and MIMO technology. To work with the older 802.11g and 802.11b equipment this router find difficulty. It comes with three year warranty.

D-Link RangeBooster N 650 Router
The product of D-Link is compatible with the 802.11n draft standard. It can support the connection of 300Mbps, under ideal conditions. The RangeBooster N 650 uses three detached WiFi antennas to achieve this speed of 300Mbps. These antennas are mounted on backside. For improved VOIP support, this router contains Quality of Service (QoS) technology. This router offer latest wireless security features to prevent unauthorized access form internet or wireless network. It also supports protection features including WPA and WPA2 encryption, and dual active firewalls (SPI and NAT) . One year warrantee is provided by D-Link for the models which are sold in U.S. and Canada.

Netgear WGM-124 Pre-N Wireless Router
To improve the speed and range, the WGM-124 features MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) antenna technology similar to other wireless routers in this family. Using matching Pre-N adapters with this router, you get maximum performance. Netgear claims that the range of ordinary 802.11g and 802.11b clients can be increased up to 20% using this WGM-124 wireless router.

Linksys WRT54GX Wireless-G Broadband Router with SRX
SRX is a Linksys name for the range-extending Multiple In, Multiple Out technology too used in 802.11n. As a choice to a good draft N compliant product, the WRT54GX adds these capabilities to the common WRT54G router. Linksys claims their execution allows WiFi customer connections to be kept at up to 3 times the distance of regular 802.11g routers. Compare the WRT54GX to competing products in this class on cost as good as performance.

D-Link DI-624M Super G with MIMO Wireless Router
The D-Link made the variation to their popular DI-624 model to use the Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) antenna technology provided only by 802.11n standard. With DI-324 router, D-Link boasts up to 8 times higher wireless range coverage compared to standard 802.11g routers. Besides basic support, the DI-624M provides extra parental control and web diagnostics functionality.