Neat, this router is actually pretty impressive.
What took me by surprise is how well this thing does at long range. It almost matches the 2.4 GHz leader, the ASUS RT-N66U, yet it only costs half as much:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanw...-asus-rtn66u-dark-knight/1238-netgear-wnr2500
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanw...-asus-rtn66u-dark-knight/1238-netgear-wnr2500
If range is your utmost concern the router's lack of 5 GHz is a moot point because 5 GHz doesn't work as well as 2.4 GHz at long ranges anyway.
At short ranges the router's 10/100 ports obviously hold it back, but still...
The router's simultaneous throughput looked bad at first, but with the limited upload of Internet connections at least around here where 4, 3, 2 Mbps and even 512 Kbps are typical, you likely won't see much reduction in throughput if you're maxing out both downloading and uploading. Connections with 10 Mbps upload might not even be able to hit it.
Impressive given the price. I guess 802.11n still has some life left in it, and tweaks of older chipsets can still produce surprising results.
What took me by surprise is how well this thing does at long range. It almost matches the 2.4 GHz leader, the ASUS RT-N66U, yet it only costs half as much:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanw...-asus-rtn66u-dark-knight/1238-netgear-wnr2500
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanw...-asus-rtn66u-dark-knight/1238-netgear-wnr2500
If range is your utmost concern the router's lack of 5 GHz is a moot point because 5 GHz doesn't work as well as 2.4 GHz at long ranges anyway.
At short ranges the router's 10/100 ports obviously hold it back, but still...
The router's simultaneous throughput looked bad at first, but with the limited upload of Internet connections at least around here where 4, 3, 2 Mbps and even 512 Kbps are typical, you likely won't see much reduction in throughput if you're maxing out both downloading and uploading. Connections with 10 Mbps upload might not even be able to hit it.
Impressive given the price. I guess 802.11n still has some life left in it, and tweaks of older chipsets can still produce surprising results.