Highlights:
- Wireless 802.11b/g/n compliant with 3x 3dBi external dipole hi gain antenna
- Works great for video streaming and gaming
- Hi gain technology for fast data rate transfer
- Mac and PC support and easy installation
- Advanced security (64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption, WPA-PSK (TKIP, AES), WPA2-PSK(TKIP, AES), Radius Server
The Hawking HWRN1A is one of hi gain wireless N300 routers delivering high speed up to 300Mbps in single band. Manufacturer tests found that the range distance can be five times as long as Airport Extreme base station. This is ideal for large home with large backyard or warehouses eliminating dead spots compared with traditional wireless routers.
How do you compare this Hawking HWRN1A hi gain wireless N300 router with other popular wireless N routers?
The following table shows you HWRN1A hawking Vs Netgear WNDR3400 Vs Linksys E3200, manufacturer spec comparison.
Wireless technology
Regarding the wireless technology, the hawking hi gain HWRN1A supports single 2.4GHz band only, while the other two routers support N600 technology – a simultaneous dual band technology delivers up to 300Mbps each band for totally up to 600Mbps. What makes different with the other two routers regarding the wireless is the antenna, it is powered by hi gain 3dBi gain dipole antenna (3 external antennas) with 3×3 MIMO technology to reach multiple times as longer as standard antenna.
Connectivity
If you expect the gigabit Ethernet connectivity for your LAN and WAN ports, the Linksys E3200 is your router. The other two routers include fast Ethernet ports (10/100Mbps) – fast enough for standard networking tasks.
The drawback with hawking hi gain router is that it doesn’t support USB port like the other two routers for sharing external disk storage. Linksys with Cisco connect software helps you manage the networking tasks easier including sharing the storage across the network. Unfortunately both Netgear and Linksys routers don’t support share printer. Netgear Wndr3800 N600 premium edition support USB port with share printer and the newest version of Netgear Wndr4500 includes two USB ports for hosting both storage and printer concurrently.
The other features can be seen on the table below.
| Hawking HWRN1A | WNDR3400 | Linksys E3200 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless technology | Wireless N300 | Wireless N600 – simultaneous dual band | Wireless N600 – simultaneous dual band |
| Antenna | 3x 3dBi external dipole hi gain antenna
|
Internal antennas | 6x Internal 2×3 MIMO antenna technology |
| Ethernet ports | Fast Ethernet | Fast Ethernet | Gigabit |
| USB port | N/A | 1x USB port for share storage | 1x USB port for share storage |
| Security | 64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption; WPA-PSK (TKIP, AES); WPA2-PSK(TKIP, AES);
Radius Server |
WPA/WPA2 – PSK
WEP; SPI and NAT; DoS attack prevention; Guest network; Live parental control WPS support |
WPA/WPA2;
WEP; WPS; Parental control; Guest network; Limit access time and websites with Parental Controls |
| Quality of Service | Unspecified | Advanced QoS | QoS traffic prioritization technology |
| Other feature | Broadband usage meter;
Power and Wi-Fi on/off buttons |
Cisco connect software;
|
Should you expect high gain wireless router for larger home, the Hawking HWRN1A hi gain is your wireless router. To support mix-bands wireless clients, either Linksys E3200 or Netgear Wndr3400 is your wireless router.
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