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89 products found
 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit RouterWireless-N ADSL2+ Modem RouterN600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium EditionProSafe Wireless-N 8-port Gigabit VPN Firewall
ProductN900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
WNDR4500		Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router
X2000		N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition
WNDR3800		ProSafe Wireless-N 8-port Gigabit VPN Firewall
FVS318N
Rank#4 of N900 products#5 of N300 products#6 of N600 products#20 of N300 products
Company
NETGEARLinksysNETGEARNETGEAR
Summary

High performance dual-band, three-stream 802.11abgn router with bandwidth metering, external USB drive and printer sharing w/ UPnP AV / DLNA media server and completely new admin GUI.

Entry-level Broadcom-based single band N router with 10/100 ports and both Ethernet and integrated ADSL2+ modem WAN connection.

High performance dual-band, dual-radio 802.11n router with bandwidth metering external USB drive and printer sharing w/ UPnP AV / DLNA media server, 'cloud' file access and completely new admin GUI.

8 port router with Gigabit Ethernet ports, 2.4 GHz b/g/n AP and built-in 12 IPsec and 5 SSL endpoints. Includes service QoS, up and down bandwidth limiting, session limiting and traffic metering.

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Date added2011-10-062011-10-032011-09-292011-09-15
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Performance
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92.9

335.3

62.3

2.4 GHz Dn
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39.2

47.0

31.2

Features
Port Speed10/100/100010/10010/100/100010/100/1000
WAN Ports1111
LAN Ports4348
Jumbo Frames
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N/A
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CPUBroadcom BCM4331 (?)Broadcom BCM63281 Single-Chip ADSL2+ Router/Gateway SolutionAtheros AR7161 Wireless Network Processor @ 680 MHZCavium Econa CNS3411 ARM11
SwitchBroadcom BCM53115 (?)In BCM63281Realtek RTL8366SRBroadcom BCM53128
RAM12864128128
Flash12881632
FirmwareV1.0.0.58_1.0.13v2.0.00 build 027V1.0.0.19-DNS4.0.1-66
Storage Share
Printer Share
USB 3.0
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Notes- Integrated ADSL2+ modem- Session limiting and traffic metering
- Hardware DMZ port
WAN
Static
Dynamic
PPPoE
PPTP
L2TP
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WWAN
Failover
Load Balance
Aggregation
IPv6
DDNS
LAN
DHCP Reserve
VLAN
Port Control
Firewall
Port Triggers
DMZ
URL Block
Service Block
Schedules
?
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QoS
TypePriorityPriorityPriorityBoth
DirectionUpUpUpBoth
Auto
Wireless
ClassN900N300N600N300
BandBoth2.4GHzBoth2.4GHz
Simultaneous
Radio 1in BCM4331 (?)Broadcom BCM43225Atheros AR7161 Wireless Network ProcessorAtheros AR9287 2.4 GHz 2x2 Soc
Radio 2Broadcom BCM4331 (?)2.4 GHz: Atheros AR9220 / 5 GHz: Atheros AR9223N/A
FCC IDPY311200162Q87-X2000V2PY308300092PY311100158
AntennaSix internal fixed positionDual Internal fixed position dipoleFour internal fixed position printed circuit. 2 on board, 2 offDual external movable dipole
Antenna Upgradeable
ConnectorN/AN/AN/AN/A
WPS
RADIUS
WDS
Schedule
SSID #2224
NotesSupports WEP only in 802.11b/g modeNo encryption option on Guest WLANSupports WEP only in 802.11b/g modeNot Wi-Fi Certified
VPN
PPTP
IPsec
L2TP
SSL
Notes- 5 SSL and 12 IPsec tunnels

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