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Slideshow: Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N Broadband Router

Tim Higgins

March 12, 2008

Linksys' entry-level draft 11n router has a 2T2R radio, but performance that ranks up with more expensive alternatives. Read the review.

Composite IxChariot plot of WAN > LAN only, LAN > WAN only and simultaneous both directions routing throughput. Throughput in the high 80 Mbps indicates that perhaps the routing throughput is being held back by the lack of gigabit ports. Check the Router Charts for more routing test results.

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