Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link and Smart MIMO Technology
If you would like to build a wireless environment at home or at the office, you should consider of using the fastest wireless technology available at the market today, draft 802.11n. Even though this standard is not finalized yet, Linksys offers you a taste the next generation of the fastest technology in wireless networking. If you have a legacy wireless environment at the office such as WRT54G2, WRT350N is compatible with wireless-G and wireless-B network. Linksys offers you WRT350N Wireless N Gigabit Router with storage link and smart MIMO technology.
What this product does
WRT350N Linksys Wireless N Gigabit Router is a four in one device with the following function:
1. A router/firewall function
The first function is a router/firewall, a first line of defense from the wild cloud. Connecting the broadband internet from the ISP through the modem is still not secure; you need a protection against any types of security threats from the public network – the router/firewall. This WRT350N Wireless N Gigabit Router supports a dual feature firewall – NAT and SPI. Network Address Translation (NAT) will hide your private network from the public network, the wild cloud that is un-trusted network. Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) is a generic term for a process in which the IP NAT router examines the incoming packets from the Internet more carefully than usual.
2. A four port Gigabit Switch
WRT350N Linksys Wireless N Gigabit Router contains a four RJ-45 full duplex port Gigabit Switch you can use to connect up to four computers using UTP CAT5e cable. If your desktop computers support Gigabit NIC adapter, you can use this Gigabit ports for high bandwidth intensive applications.
3. Wireless Access Point
The Access Point built into WRT350N Linksys Wireless N Gigabit Router uses the latest technology in wireless networking draft 802.11n – a wireless N standard. This router is powered by intelligent MIMO technology, which multiplies the effective data rate. Whereas ordinary wireless technologies are confused by signal reflections, MIMO actually makes use of these reflections to increase the range while reducing dead spots in the coverage area. This means the signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections at up to three times the distance of standard Wireless-G, so the farther away you are, the more speed advantage you get. With the Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link at the center of your home or office network, you can easily add storage, share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at amazing speeds, without the hassle or expense of stringing a lot of wires.
With the strong and high performance speed and wider coverage of wireless network, you can go Xbox LIVE wirelessly, jitter-free, lag-free at the comfort of the living room with your high definition LCD TV. Normally with your Xbox 360 allows you to integrate music, movies, photos and TV choices into game scenarios through a Windows-based PC or any Universal Serial Bus (USB) peripherals. With the wider range this WRT350N Linksys wireless router can reach, you can also make internet phone calls anywhere within the house clear and smooth. If you have new brand notebooks which usually equipped with the latest Wi-Fi (draft 802.11n) such as Toshiba Satellite A355 or Apple MacBook MB466LL/A, you can optimally connect to this wireless environment since both ends are wireless-N enabled network.
4. Storage
Connecting the WRT350N Wireless N Gigabit router to the cable modem or DSL modem, you can share the broadband internet with the computers within the house. A built-in router function ties everything together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection, while a Storage Link feature lets you easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network using readily available USB 2.0 hard drives, or plug in a USB flash disk for a convenient means of accessing your portable data files. There is also a built-in Media Server that streams music, video, and photos from an attached storage device to any UPnP compatible media adapter, allowing you to get your files from anywhere in the world via the Internet.
Other features this router supports:
- This WRT350N Wireless N router supports the latest wireless security Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) to secure your wireless connection.
- It also function as DHCP server to supply the IP address configuration automatically to the computers clients.
- If you frequently travel for business, you can connect securely to your network remotely via the VPN tunnels through the public network (Internet). WRT350N supports VPN pass-through for remote connection via the public network securely.
- Configuration is simple and easy, thanks to the included web browser-based configuration utility.
Building a wireless network, you should consider the guidelines in considering the wireless installation here, also the checklist in securing the network. make sure you protect the computers with the antivirus software.
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