Linksys WRT310N Wireless N Gigabit Router Technical Details

Linksys WRT310N Wireless N Gigabit Router Description

Linksys WRT310N Wireless N Gigabit Router
The Wireless-N Gigabit Router is really three devices in one box. First, there's the 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. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.

The Access Point built into the Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, 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 signal travels 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 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 far 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.

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.

The incredible speed of Wireless-N makes it 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 Gigabit Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at faster than 10/100 wired network speeds, without the hassle of stringing wires!

Linksys WRT310N Wireless N Gigabit Router Reviews

REVIEW BY: Methos Reviewed Jun 27, 2008

Nice router. The pros: Very fast, nice looking. Gigabit 1,000 mbit wired connection for Gigabit ethernet on-board adapters. The cons: Runs very hot with no heat exhaust and will lock-up in a warmer room. No USB connection for print server or any addons. Internal antennaes limit range but offers better coverage in that range.

REVIEW BY: Greg R Reviewed Jul 01, 2008

Linksys WRT310N Wireless N Gigabit Router has very good Features and the range is not all that but it works well around the apartment.Thanks Tiger

REVIEW BY: ur1o Reviewed Feb 07, 2008

Superfast, even with my old g network cards. Love the gigabit for the price.Easy setup. The only thing I miss is a list of all attached devices, it lists only DHCP devices, not static.

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