Optional Routers

The Bottom Line: The low-cost Linksys WRT54G features fairly high throughput. But it has a relatively short operating range, and its poor performance with 802.11b devices makes claimed backward compatibility moot.

Specs: Wireless router, 7.3 in x 7.9 in x 1.9 in, Wired, Wireless, 54 Mbps, Ethernet, HTTP, Full-duplex, External, 2.4 GHz, 1.1 lbs

Specs: 12.8 in x 9.7 in x 1.8 in, Wired, Wireless, 54 Mbps, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, HTTP, SNMP, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, External, VPN support, VLAN support, URL filtering, Load balancing, Wall mountable, Firewall protection, Hardware encryption, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), 6.2 lbs

Specs: 13.5 in x 10.8 in x 1.7 in, Wired, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, HTTP, SNMP, IEEE 802.1Q, External, URL filtering, Load balancing, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), 6.2 lbs

Specs: 12.8 in x 9.7 in x 1.8 in, Wired, 100 Mbps, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, HTTP, SNMP, IEEE 802.1Q, External, VPN support, VLAN support, URL filtering, Load balancing, Wall mountable, Firewall protection, Hardware encryption, Quality of Service (QoS), Low-latency queuing (LLQ), Committed Access Rate (CAR), Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ), Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED), Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), Link Fragmentation and Interleaving (LFI), 6.2 lbs

Specs: 13.5 in x 10.8 in x 1.7 in, Wired, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, HTTP, SNMP 3, IEEE 802.1Q, External, NAT support, PAT support, DHCP support, URL filtering, Layer 2 switching, Firewall protection, Quality of Service (QoS), Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), Access Control List (ACL) support, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), 2, 6.2 lbs

Specs: 13.5 in x 10.8 in x 1.9 in, Wired, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, SNMP, External, VPN support, URL filtering, Firewall protection, Hardware encryption, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), 6 lbs

Specs: 17.5 in x 12.8 in x 1.7 in, Wired, 100 Mbps, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, ATM, Ethernet, Frame Relay, SNMP, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3u, Full-duplex, Rack-mountable, DES, IP-routing, Triple DES, IPX-routing, DHCP support, Modular design, Auto-negotiation, Full duplex capability, 0, 8.2 lbs

Specs: 12.8 in x 9.7 in x 1.8 in, Wired, Wireless, 54 Mbps, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, HTTP, SNMP, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, External, VPN support, URL filtering, Load balancing, Wall mountable, Firewall protection, Hardware encryption, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), 6.2 lbs

Specs: 12.8 in x 9.7 in x 1.8 in, Wired, 100 Mbps, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, HTTP, SNMP, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3af, External, Manageable, VPN support, VLAN support, URL filtering, Load balancing, Firewall protection, Hardware encryption, Low-latency queuing (LLQ), Committed Access Rate (CAR), Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ), Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED), Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), Link Fragmentation and Interleaving (LFI), 6.2 lbs

Specs: 13.5 in x 10.8 in x 1.7 in, Wired, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, HTTP, SNMP, SSH-2, External, VPN support, VLAN support, Wall mountable, Firewall protection, Hardware encryption, Hardware compression, Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Network Admissions Control (NAC), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), 0, 6 lbs