900 Mbps Wi - Fi (or the joys of marketing)

NETGEAR has announced a new access point Wi - Fi, capable of reaching 900 Mbps by brand. The society plays a little on the words in announcing this speed: the WNDR4500 can actually achieve 450 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band and 450 Mbps in the 5 GHz band. In fact, even if the access point issues in the two bands simultaneously, devices such as portable computers confined to a single band. In addition, must be able to work to 450 Mbps, Wi - Fi card only last generation Broadcom chips and 5300/6300 family Centrino chips can help.

However, the device is fairly complete: compatible WPS (for the management of security), it is also able to work in IPv6. Wi - Fi, it is compatible 802.11 b, g and .11n ready in 2.4 GHz and 11 and .11n ready in 5 GHz. It is therefore able to work on two frequencies at the same time, with both Wi - Fi cards, and it can also create a core network and a second dedicated to the guests. The wired part, is found four catches RJ45 1 gigabit/s and a WAN decision-making to the same standard. The access point offers also two USB 2.0 ports, to share key USB, hard drives, or printers.

Outside the gimmick marketing at the level of the actual speed, there is the failure of the price: $ 180, it is rather expensive for a "public" access point, especially when operators offer the Wi - Fi in the majority of the FAIbox, even if they are not as efficient as a model dedicated such as NETGEAR. Note that with the logic of addition of the two bands, the company could also indicate that the network portion can reach 4 gigabits/s...


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