Linksys WRT120N Wireless Router – Share Your High-Speed Internet Connection Among Several Computers.
WRT120N Linksys Wireless Home Router
If you would like to build a wireless environment at home to share the broadband internet connection, you need the following items: a Cable or DSL modem (depend on what your Internet service is); an Access point; a switch; and the wireless network adapters for the computers or laptops that will connect to the wireless network. If you already have a modem either the cable modem or DSL modem, what you need to consider is buying the wireless router. A high performance WRT120N Wireless Router will be your first router to consider for your home wireless network.
What this product does
WRT120N Linksys Wireless Router - Diagram
WRT120N Wireless Router is powered by Wireless-N technology, allows you surf the internet from the living room, play XBOX on-line games from the bedroom, and listen to your digital music in the kitchen. The extra speed lets you connect more devices, and move files faster. And the good thing is that Wireless-N works great with your older devices, too. And with the wireless environment at home, you can make Internet phone calls with your Skype phone anywhere within the house without the need to open the computers.
WRT120N Wireless Router allows you keep your digital files in one place, and share them from any computers on your home network. The router supports 4 built-in 10/100 Ethernet ports Switch that allows you to connect additional wired computers, storage, printers, and other wired devices to your network. This router is Wi-Fi Certified, means that it is not just compatible with Linksys wireless devices, you can connect to other wireless adapters such as Belkin wireless expressCard adapters, or TrendNet wireless PCI adapters, and so on.
WRT120N Wireless router supports any types of OS Requirements such as Windows XP, Vista, or Vista 64-bit edition with latest updates (for Network Magic and Setup Wizard) Mac OS X 10.4 or higher (for Setup Wizard)
Advanced Security
Linksys WRT120N Wireless Router featuring advanced security features such as:
- Wireless security using Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA/WPA2 and dual firewall features (NAT and SPI) which are designed to help safeguard your home network and computers from most Internet threats.
- The Linksys WRT120N wireless router also supports VPN Pass-through which allows you to enable VPN tunnels using IPSec pass through (Internet Protocol Security), PPTP pass through (Point-to-Point Tunneling protocol), or L2TP pass through (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocols) protocols to pass through the Router’s firewall.
- Internet Access Policy allows you manage the access of the internet by creating the Internet Access Policy. The policy is disabled by default, you need to enable it if you need to create the Internet Access Policy that can be edited according to the need, such as computers will be affected by the policy (by MAC or IP address) either Deny or Allow, the days and times the policy to enforced, the websites to block and so on.
Applications and Gaming – DMZ
Linksys WRT120N Wireless Router also supports DMZ host. The DMZ feature allows one network computer to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. The Port Range Forwarding 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.
Before you start building the network, you should read the wireless installation and consideration as well as the wireless security checklist to help you protect the network from the threats. If you need a more robust with dual band radio, consider this WRT320N Linksys wireless router.
Having a wireless network at home you should secure your connection with the latest wireless encryption WPA/WPA2 and make sure that all the computers are protected by anti-virus software with regular data signature updates.
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