Best Wireless Router

Your available choices for a wireless router are almost endless! There are many wireless router features to choose from depending on your specific needs and use. In this article we will highlight the key features you should understand as part of searching for a wirelss router device.

Key Wireless Router Featues
This list of features below is not exhuastive, but describes the key features you should understand about wirless routers before buying one.

1. WiFi Wireless Standards
   The range of choices are 802.11a,b,d,e,g,h,i,j,k,m and n versions.
2. WiFi Data Connection Speeds
   Data connection speeds range from 10.0 Mbs to 300.0 Mbs.
3. Wireless Router Range of Operation
   The typical range of operation is about 50 meters (150 feet) for indoors use and about 100 meters (300 feet) for outdoors use.
4. Number of Ports and Connections
   Wireless routers can also come with an embedded ADSL or Cable modem, USB port, 4-port Ethernet switch, and a printer port to connect with other computers and devices.
5. Wirless Router Security Functions
   The best wireless router will come with a firewall, denial of service (DoS) prevention, packet filtering, quality of service (QoS) control, advanced anti-hacker pattern-filtering protection, automatic detection and blocking of denial of service (DoS) attacks, password protection for system management, WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), 64/128 bits WEP supported encryption, wireless security with WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK.
6. Firmware Upgrades
   The best wireless routers will have automatic upgrades to their firmware when they are connected online.
7. Ease of Setup and Testing
   Look for a wireless router that has a quick installation wizard and a web-based configuration control console for remote and local management.
8. Support for Wireless Routers
   The best wireless routers come with at least a 1 year warranty, a detailed user manual, an online support forum and phone or email support.

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