The Linksys by Cisco Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router is the heart of your home entertainment and data network. Connect your computers, game consoles, and network-enabled entertainment devices together and to the Internet either directly hard-wired or through high-speed wireless*. This easy-to-use device has the features you need to set up a versatile, fast, and security conscious network in your home.
Wireless Speed and Range The Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N. By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate.
Fast Wired Connections The Router also provides connections for 4 directly-wired network devices. You'll get fast file transfers to network storage devices, printers, and other wired network devices. On-time delivery with QoS And, to deliver your time-sensitive Internet traffic efficiently, the Router features Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities. QoS tells your network to give priority to packets in time-sensitive streams like Voice (VoIP) or media (audio or video), so that these types of applications can deliver less garbled conversations and smoother digital video.
Wireless Security To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encrypt all wireless transmissions with the latest industrial-strength 128-bit encryption.
Internet Security The Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router has a powerful SPI firewall to help protect you against intruders and most known Internet attacks. The Router also features filters that let you deny specific types of Internet requests, and block certain application types.
Access Controls for Parents Of growing concern for parents is the amount and type of Internet access their families have. The Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router can help. Parents can create policies for each PC in the house, to control access by time and day, specific website, keyword, protocols, or applications.
For even more safety and control, parents can activate the enclosed 30-day free trial of Trend Micro's Home Network Defender, which makes your router the first line of defense for your network -- before threats even reach your home devices.
Easy to Set Up The included Cisco Setup Wizard software runs on both Windows and Mac, and walks you step-by-step through the initial setup of the Router with clear illustrations and jargon-free language. Easy to Use But with all this power and all these features, you might expect that the Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router requires a networking genius to maintain and use. Fortunately, it comes with one, right in the box: Network Magic Essentials (Windows only).
With the Linksys Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications, both wired and wirelessly!
Built for speed, the Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router delivers double the bandwidth so you can enjoy movies, gaming and music more smoothly, with less lag, all around your home. Easy to use and set up; includes Mac setup wizard.
Experience faster wireless connectivity with fewer interruptions with two bands of Wireless-N, today's most advanced wireless technology. The 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands are designed to work separately yet simultaneously, so you can easily customize your ideal configuration - for example, use the 2.4 GHz band to surf, email and print while keeping the less crowded 5 GHz band free for time sensitive traffic like music, gaming and high-definition video.
Experience coverage you can count on, all around your home. Wireless-N's Multiple in, Multiple Out MIMO technology actually uses the signal reflections that confuse ordinary wireless technologies to boost range and reduce dead spots.
Four 10/100 Ethernet ports let you connect printers, networked storage drives, and other Ethernet-enabled devices to your network, so you can access and share them wirelessly from all your computers at once. No need to trade cables, or wait for someone else to finish their work before you do yours.
Advanced wireless security and SPI firewall protection is designed to help safeguard your home network and computers from most Internet attacks.
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