The WNDR4500 is the latest router product by Netgear with N900 wireless technology – the router with blazing speed up to 900Mbps (450Mbps each band) with the following main features:
- Wireless N900 technology designed for 3D & HD video streaming and gaming
- Gigabit ports in both LAN and WAN interfaces
- 2 USB ports – storage and printer
- Netgear Genie – CD-less installation for your iPad, smart-phones, tablet and other computers
This is the first Netgear router with two USB ports for both storage and printer following its WNDR3800 premium router with one USB port for either storage or printer.
The Apple time capsule is actually a full featured of Apple Airport extreme base station with included storage for automatic backup system for all of your Mac and PC computers on the network. Like other Apple products, this Time capsule is very smart. It’s a simultaneous dual band router that assures all the Wi-Fi devices connect to the network including your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and other tablet computers with Wi-Fi ready. The good think with Time capsule is that you can setup your WLAN with your iPad, iPhone or Mac with iOS 5 and OS X Lion.
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Now, if you should choose between Netgear WNDR4500 blazing wireless speed Vs Apple Time capsule – which one meet your need? If you demand blazing speed to support your home 3D and HD entertainment network, Netgear WNDR4500 would be ideal router for you. If you would like to build a complete SOHO to support both entertainment and work environment, Apple time capsule would be your ideal router with its automatic backup system.
Time capsule includes less LAN gigabit-ports (3x) and one USB port compared with Netgear which includes 4x Gigabit-port and two USB ports (for share storage and printer). Does more Gigabit-port matter? Add gigabit switch for more wired connections to the router. Generally for home usage, maximum gigabit-port you use will not more than three. Mostly clients use wireless connection to connect to the network.
If all of your client computers are Mac, then Apple Time capsule is the ideal solution for all of your networking and entertainment function. Because you can utilize the Time machine in Mac and target the Time capsule as the backup storage. Time machine helps you manage the backup automatically, just start your time machine in Mac and target the Time capsule as your designated storage. It will take hours for backup your whole data to the Time capsule and later, the system will backup the updates only, the data that changes. It works seamlessly and automatically.
Actually Netgear also introduces True Mac router – the WNDRMAC which supports Time machine and Bonjour printing for both Mac and PC users.
The following table shows you the spec comparison for Netgear WNDR4500 N900 Vs Apple time capsule.
| Netgear WNDR4500 | Apple Time Capsule | |
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| wireless technology | N900 simultaneous dual band | N600 simultaneous dual band |
| Ethernet port | Gigabit: 4xLAN and 1xWAN | Gigabit: 3xLAN and 1xWAN |
| USB Port | 2xUSB 2.0 port – for share storage and printer | 1xUSB 2.0 port for share printer |
| Media Server | Built-in media server – DLNA certified | Built-in media server – DLNA compliant |
| QoS | Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) | Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) |
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| IPv6 Ready | Yes | Yes |
| Easy setup | Netgear Genie for CD-less installation for your iPad, smart-phones, tablet and other computers | setting up your WLAN via
iPad, iPhone or Mac with iOS 5 and OS X Lion. |
New generation of Apple airport express is faster, and you may also consider Asus WL330N3G small and compact with multifunction modes. See comparison Asus WL330N3g Vs Apple Express.
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