The Contents
Inside the box, we hoped to find some goodies (free hardware or software is always good for the end user, even if it turns out to be useless). Other than the standard 3 foot straight Ethernet cable, driver CD, power supply, the manual and the router itself, the only thing to note was the wall stand. This stand allows the router to stand on its end (hence the stand) as well as mounting it on the wall like a thermostat (hence the wall). Even though it is merely a piece of plastic that attaches onto the router, it is a feature that I haven't seen on other routers (both in this roundup and elsewhere) due to their shape (Microsoft, Buffalo) and size (Linksys).
The Router
What better way to describe a product than to give you the entire marketing spiel from Gigabyte themselves.
| Type |
| IEEE802.11g Wireless Broadband Router |
|
| Key Features |
. 802.11g compliant and compatible with Wi-Fi
. Support Atheros' Turbo G and Super G mode
. Support 802.1X, WPA, WPA-PSK authentication
. Support up to 152 Bits WEP key.
. Support Auto Select Channel function
. Dynamic turbo G mode for high compatibility at promiscuity environment with 11g & 11g turbo
. Static turbo G mode for high performance at pure turbo G environment
. Support 11g super mode
. Support UPnP and Windows Manager
. Extended Distributed Wireless Systems (EDWS) Support
. IPSec, L2TP, PPTP NAT traversal (VPN-Pass Through)
. DNS Replay and Dynamic DNS Support
. User define Static Routing Support
. Extended Distributed Wireless Systems (EDWS) Support
. Support WDS / Simultaneous operation of AP and WDS Functions |
|
| Communication Standard |
. IEEE 802.3(10BaseT)
. IEEE 802.3u(100BaseTX)
|
|
| LED Indicators |
| Power/Status LED, Wireless, LAN x 4, WAN x 1 |
|
| Power Supply |
| 5V DC 2A |
|
| Operation Environment |
. Operating Temperature : 0 ~ 40 degree C
. StorageTemperature : -20 ~ 65 degree C
. Humidity : 10% ~ 85% Non-condensing |
|
| Dimension (Wx LxH) |
| 178 mm * 132 mm * 43 mm |
|
| Weight |
| 320 ¡Ó 5g |
|
| CPU |
| Brecis MSP2006 |
|
| WAN Port |
| 1 |
|
| LAN Port |
| 4 |
|
| Operating Range |
. Open space: 100 ¡V 300m
. Indoor: 30 - 100m |
|
Most notable is the physical dimensions and the support for many of the latest technologies, such as WPA and Atheros' Super-G mode. There are a few other companies that also support it, which means it is possible to get another company's wireless cards to work in turbo mode. However, Gigabyte also produces their own wireless cards (to pair with the router, but testing did not make it in time for this review).
Here you can take a look at the shape of the router.
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