Netgear Wireless Gaming Solution, WNDR37Av wireless router for video and gaming, WNCE2001 wireless internet adapter, or Universal Internet adapter for home entertainment.
Netgear introduces many types of wireless gaming and streaming solution for your home entertainment solution ranging from the high performance wireless router as the center of your home environment, the wireless gaming adapter for wireless connection to the network, or powerline adapter solution for networking using home electrical wiring.
Wireless Environment Solution
For wireless router, you have many choices depends on what network will fit to your need. To support your small home you can consider WNDR3400 N600 wireless router for your wireless home network environment. WNDR3400 is an N600 router that supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz band concurrently; meaning wireless clients with mix operating bands can connect to the router simultaneously. You can read email, surf the internet by using 2.4GHz band and streaming HD media using 5GHz band which is less interference and clean band.
WNDR3400 is high performance router for your home with couple of rooms, ideal for streaming and gaming. But if your home is large enough, you can consider the WNDR37Av N600 wireless router which is designed for larger home and is for streaming High Definition media and fast responsive wireless gaming. WNDR37Av is DLNA compliant and includes one USB port with built-in media server. With DLNA-certified, you can stream multimedia files from the attached storage to any home theater devices including XBOX gaming console, Blu-Ray players, Internet-HDTV and other DLNA-compliant devices seamlessly.
Wireless Gaming and Streaming Solutions
You have the wireless environment for your wireless gaming and streaming in place now. With your exiting home theater devices (with Ethernet-ready) you can run the network cable from the router to the devices to have them connected to the internet (the network). But this solution creates wires clutter within the rooms that looks untidy. To eliminate the clutter of the wires you can consider installing the wireless internet adapter to let you connect your home theater devices to the network wirelessly.
Single Ethernet Port
Netgear has many types of solution for gaming such as WNCE2001 universal internet adapter. WNCE2001 includes one single Ethernet port to allow you connect a single Ethernet-based device to the network wirelessly. This is a universal internet adapter which is powered by 802.11n wireless standards using 2.4GHz band. What if you have multiple home theater devices?
Multiple Ethernet Ports
If you have multiple home theater devices such as Blu-Ray player, XBOX console and HDTV, you can consider WNHDB3004 wireless home theater networking kits. The WNHDB3004 includes two devices, the WNHD3004 #1 works in AP mode (connects to the router) and the second one works as the wireless bridge (connects up to four home theater devices). WNHD3004 works in single 5GHz band – a clean band than the 2.4GHz band which is ideal for time-intensive applications such as for streaming video and online gaming.
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Powerline Solution
Wireless connection uses radio frequency as the transmission medium which is prone to the signal interference and signal strength degrades by distance. With multiple floor of the building and large home, you have the option of using the existing electrical wiring as the transmission medium of your wide-building network. Powerline AV adapter is the solution for wide-building network.
Netgear XAV5004 Universal Internet Adapter for home entertainment – 3D is ideal solution for your wide-building network using the existing electrical wiring. This adapter includes four gigabit Ethernet ports to let you connect up to four home theater devices delivering the high speeds up to 500Mbps to the router.
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The figure 2 shows the networking diagram of two-storey building that uses XAVB5004. Up to four Ethernet-based devices in the second floor connect to the XAVB5004 device to get internet access in the first floor. Click here for XAVB5004 manufacturer’s description and specs.
Netgear also introduces the fastest wireless router WNDR4000 N750 which delivers the speeds up to 450Mbps (in 5GHz band) and 300Mbps (in 2.4GHz band).
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