If you would like to build a wireless environment at home while you have already had many different Wi-Fi standards – a combination of 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless devices installed in the computers and laptops, you should consider of purchasing a dual-band wireless-N router.
WNDR3300 dual-band NETGEAR wireless router effectively creates two separate wireless network and yet simultaneous both in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands in your home or office–one that supports older Wireless-G products, and one for the newer, more robust Wireless N standards. With the router’s dual-band nature, it will let you continue to use your existing Wireless 802.11G devices while giving you maximum improved throughput speed, range and performance of a Wireless-N network environment. See also new powerful WNDR37-AV wireless -n gigabit router for video and gaming – a new design of the media gigabit router.
With dual-band WNDR3300 NETGEAR wireless router you can browse the internet using 2.4 GHz band from the laptops which are connected to network with their Wi-Fi equipment, or from the desktops which uses the wireless USB adapters or you can make calls with your Wi-Fi phone unlimitedly free to all over the world with your Skype account. The Wifi phones commonly operate in 2.4 GHz radio band, and the beauty of having Wifi phone is that you don’t need a computer to make a Skype call, as long as you are in the wireless internet coverage – then you can make Skype calls.
WNDR3300 Netgear Wireless Router
What can you do with 5 GHz band, the other band of WNDR3300 NETGEAR wireless router? You can go LIVE game wirelessly with your Microsoft XBOX game console in the comfort of your living room without the hassle of running the network cable. Or from your desktops that are equipped with the wireless-N dual-band adapters, you can stream your high definition video, music, and photo library to your wide screen high definition TV wirelessly using media center extender.
WNDR3300 NETGEAR wireless router supports Quality of Service (QoS), the router will prioritize all the tasks according to your existing network’s bandwidth and your needs – automatically. So if you’re playing an online game, or streaming an HD video while someone else on your network starts downloading a large file, the router will ensure that your games and video won’t be interrupted.
Configuration Diagram
How do you connect it? You need to connect this NETGEAR wireless router to the DSL or cable modem to share the broadband Internet connection with the computers in the household. Make sure that you follow general guidelines about wireless installation before you start setting up the router.
WNDR3300 Netgear wireless router supports built-in Fast 4-port Switch. You can connect a computer to the high speed Switch as an exposed host (DMZ). The DMZ feature of this router allows one network computer to be exposed to the public network (the Internet) for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. All the ports of the computer in the DMZ hosting will be forwarded at the same time. The Port Forward feature is more secure because it only opens the ports you want to have opened, while DMZ hosting opens all the ports of one computer, exposing the computer to the Internet.
Parental Controls and Security at Home
WNDR3300 Netgear Wireless Router Diagram
This RangeMax Dual Band Netgear Wireless Router offers advanced security protection for your network and family including the following security features:
- Double firewall protection that includes network address translation, or NAT, to keep your private network hidden from the internet users, and stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall to deny outside users for your personal information requests.
- Other security measures include denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention, intrusion detection and prevention (IDS).
- Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK) with strong wireless encryption both 64-bit and 128-bit encryption. You can also control who can access the network by identifying authorized wireless network devices.
- For the purpose of parental peace of mind, this NETGEAR Wireless Router offers several options designed to keep your kids safe,
- Filtering the URL content,
- Controlling the time usage and trusted only users controls.
- To keep your kids online and protected, the router’s remote management can help you control it easily.
With the above security features, with the addition of anti-virus software for the computers, you can assure a better protection against network security threats.
Easy Set-Up with Push ‘N’ Connect
Setting up and connecting to the WNDR3300 Netgear Wireless router is easy. The router comes with a Smart Wizard installation CD that vastly simplifies the initial set-up process by automatically detecting and configuring your router for virtually all ISP connections.
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