By Ki Grinsing

Belkin Wireless N450 simultaneous dual band with speeds of up to 150Mbps (for 2.4Gz band) plus 300Mbps (for 5GHz band) latest generation of Belkin router

Overview

At a glance if you just read the title of this Belkin N450 router what might comes to your mind is a single band with 450Mbps speed, or even you might think selectable dual band router. However, this router is different from N450 router in general. It gives a different speed on each band.

What this product does

As I mentioned above that the router gives unusual speed, 150Mbps plus 300Mbps in total of 450Mbps. This router is similar as newcomer Uspeed N300 router that you would think a single band with a speed of 300Mbps, but this router concurrent dual band 150Mbps plus 150Mbps in each band.

Main features

• Affordable dual band router for streaming video
• Simultaneous dual band (150+300)
• Power with Multibeam technology for powerful signal strength
• Gigabit interfaces

Customer ratings

You might think that the dual band is better than single band though equally affordable cost with other products that became a best seller on Amazon the Medialink N150 router.

In theory dual band is more advantageous than single band for all wireless clients that operate in different bands can be accommodated by a concurrent dual band router.

Many people make a very deep consideration before purchasing a product by reading reviews of those who are already using the product. So sometimes they end up choosing another product with fewer features but more reliable than having to buy a full-featured product but the low rating.

Unfortunately rating of Belkin N450 is not so good i.e. 3.7 out of 5 stars. Most users who give one star rating was not satisfied with the performance of less solid wifi connection.

Compare with Uspeed which is having average rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, but the speed of the router is only up to 150Mbps each band. If you only need a single band router with speed up to 150Mbps then the Medialink N150 is worth of being considered which the average rating is 4.4 out of 5 stars, amazing achievement.

Networking diagram

Almost all wireless routers have a standard diagram as shown below by connecting the modem to the WAN port of the router using the UTP cable.

All your laptop, Android devices and iPad can roam seamlessly to the wifi network. For better performance for your Kindle, you may read the best router for Kindle fire. You may also consider best wireless router for iPad.

Other solution

If you need a router with a USB port where you can host storage or printer then consider D-link 645 that is packed with gigabit ports with additional USB ports. However, this router only works on single band only. Lack single band could be covered by the USB port functional.

Router is packed with 6 element beam forming antenna technology probably the same as the Belkin N450 router.