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Networking and Wi-Fi
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Networking type

Router
Wireless router
Bridge/router
Gateway

Manufacturer

Cisco
Digi International
Adtran Inc.
Nortel Networks
3Com Direct

Juniper Networks, Inc.
NetGear
D-Link
HP
Belkin
TP-Link Technologies
TRENDnet
ZyXEL Communications Corp.
Asus
Enterasys Networks
Perle Systems, Inc.
CradlePoint, Inc.
EnGenius Tech Inc.
Allied Telesyn
Buffalo Technology
Tenda
ActionTec Electronics
Zhone Technologies (Paradyne)
Zoom Telephonics
Netopia Inc.
SMC Networks
Edimax Technology
IC Intracom
Novatel Wireless Inc.
Zonet
Asanté Technologies Inc.
Memory Upgrades
Motorola
Premiertek
Aluratek, Inc.
Digital Data Communications
Hawking Technologies
Microsoft
ADC Telecommunications
AT&T
IBM
Rosewill Inc.
Samsung
Black Box
Efficient Networks, Inc.
Expansis
Hiro Inc.
I/OMagic Corporation
Kingston Technology
MediaLink
Monoprice
Securifi
Toshiba

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Connectivity

Wired
Wireless

Wireless capabilities

802.11b
802.11g
802.11n
802.11a
802.11 pre-N

MIMO
802.11 Super G
802.11 Super AG

See all wireless capability

Data transfer rate

115 Kbps or more
7 Mbps or more
10 Mbps or more
42 Mbps or more
54 Mbps or more

72 Mbps or more
100 Mbps or more
150 Mbps or more
270 Mbps or more
300 Mbps or more

See all data transfer rates

Features

NAT support
Firewall protection
DHCP support
VPN support
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)

VLAN support
Quality of Service (QoS)
Manageable
Auto-uplink (auto MDI/MDI-X)
DoS attack prevention
Auto-sensing per device
MPLS support
IPv6 support
URL filtering
Syslog support
MAC address filtering
Access Control List (ACL) support
VPN
Firmware upgradable
IPSec NAT-Traversal (NAT-T)
DHCP server
Dynamic DNS server
Modular design
DMZ port
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
Content filtering
Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ)
Traffic shaping
Full duplex capability
Hardware encryption
Intrusion Detection/Prevention System
Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ)
PAT support
IP address filtering
IGMP snooping
Address Resolution Protocol
Packet filtering
DiffServ support
Auto-negotiation
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) support
Flow control
Layer 3 switching
IP-routing
Layer 2 switching
DDos attack prevention
Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED)
DNS proxy
MIMO
Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)
128-bit encryption
Low-latency queuing (LLQ)
256-bit encryption
Application Layer Gateway
E-mail alert
Wireless Distribution System (WDS) support
Port forwarding
Switching
IPSec passthrough
Load balancing
RealPort technology
Virtual server support
Parental control
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) support
168-bit encryption
Wall mountable
SMS alert
MPLS VPN
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) support
DHCP client
Hot swap module replacement
IPX-routing
Event log
Port mirroring
Multiple SSID support
Virtual Route Forwarding-Lite (VRF-Lite)
Link Fragmentation and Interleaving (LFI)
SNTP support
Trunking
NetFlow
Stateful Failover
Access Point operational mode
IPSec Virtual Private Network (VPN)
DHCP relay
MLD snooping
Data prioritization (Qos) for VoIP applications
VPN acceleration capability
LDAP support
Stateful switchover (SSO)
Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall (SPIF)
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
WAN failover
Web Services Management Agent (WSMA)
STAC-LZS compression
IPv4 support
Network monitoring
Reverse NAT support
Gobi technology
BOOTP support
RADIUS support
MPLS Fast Reroute (FRR)
CHAP authentication
Port triggering
Print server
SMTP traffic control
Static IP mode
PAP authentication
Voice Quality Monitoring (VQM)
Broadcast Storm Control
Half duplex mode
Domain blocking
Appletalk-routing
Bandwidth control
Hardware flow control
Software flow control
Jumbo Frames support
Virtual Route Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) support
Hardware compression
Reset button
FTP server
Live Parental Controls
ReadySHARE
Weighted Round Robin (WRR) queuing
RARP support
sFlow
Stackable
Wireless bridge mode
Integrated CSU/DSU
Layer 4 switching
Repeating mode
UPnP Media Server
Hidden SSID
Uplink
Network Admissions Control (NAC)
TR-069 Agent
WISP mode
MDI/MDI-X switch
WiPipe technology
Airstation OneTouch Secure System (AOSS)
ALERT notification
Broadband usage meter
D-Link Green Technology
Dynamic IP mode
RapidRoute technology
Triple DES
Tunneling
WPA2 encryption
DLNA Media Server
EZQoS
Green Ethernet
Dead Peer Detection (DPD)
Data Encryption Standard
BitTorrent Client
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
DNS relay
MultiBeam technology
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) support
Samba support
SSH support
Committed Access Rate (CAR)
DNS server
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) support
SharePort Technology
Software redundancy
USB powered
64-bit encryption
eXtended Range
Media Bandwidth Management (MBM)
Midplane
PoS (Packet over SONET)
RPL support
SharePort Plus Technology
3G USB Dongle Support
3G/4G USB Dongle Support
Auto Channel Select (ACS)
bootROM
Store and forward
Zero Configuration Technology
15 KV Electrostatic Discharge Protection
Ethernet Service Instance (ESI)
EZ Switch
GREENnet technology
High Speed Mode (HSM)
Interrupt status port (ISP)
IP-MAC binding
Media Bandwidth Management v2
Non-Stop Forwarding (NSF)
On/off switches
One Touch Intelligent Security Technology (OTIST)
Rugged
128-contexts hardware compression
3G/3.5G USB Dongle Support
3G/3.75G USB Dongle Support
Antivirus analysis
Apple Time Machine compatible
Auto-correction of twisted-pair polarity reverse
Buffalo High Power technology
Distributed File System
Dual channel
Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
EZ UI
FasTrack Plus technology
FasTrack technology
GRE tunneling
IP Precedence
LAN-to-LAN bridging
Multimedia Auto Provisioner (MAP)
NTP server
QoS priority TV
RangeBooster technology
SimpleTap technology
Smart MIMO technology
SpeedBooster technology
Static routing
Traffic Control
UPnP Internet Gateway Device
WCCP 1.0
Wireless Client Mode
Anti-malware protection
ASUS AiDisk
ASUS Universal repeater
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
AutoCross
Bandwidth-On-Demand (BOD)
Built-in 2 port Hi-Speed USB hub
Class of Service (CoS)
Clear Channel Selector
DHCP proxy
Dual WAN connection
Dying Gasp support
EIGRP Stub Routing
EZConfig
File sharing
Green WLAN
Hot swappable dual fans
MAC encapsulation routing
Parallel Express Forwarding (PXF) technology
PIM-SM snooping
Port Security
Proxy server
Redundant trunk group (RTG)
Ring Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RRSTP)
SmartBeam technology
Time based access control
True MIMO technology
Wireless g+ SuperSpeed Technology
Xpress Technology
256-contexts hardware compression
32-contexts hardware compression
40-bit WEP
Ad-Hoc Mode
Afterburner technology
Airstation OneTouch Secure System 2 (AOSS2)
Anti-spam protection
Anti-spoofing protection
ASUS AiRadar
BroadRange technology
Buffalo Web Access
CleanAir technology
Clippable
Denial of Service (DoS)
Download client
Dual-band 802.11n
Dual-band for Lag-free Entertainment
DWDM
Dynamic zoning
Fault tolerance
Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) support
Front to back airflow
HD Fuel
HDCP compliant
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) support
IGMP proxy
Inverse Multiplexing over ATM (IMA)
iQoS
ISL support
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Link aggregation trunking
Link Pass-Through
microSD card slot
Multicast filtering function
Multimedia Auto Provisioner Express (MAP Express)
NetUSB support
Network Access Control (NAC)
Non-Stop Routing (NSR)
One Foot Connection
P2P client
Pole mountable
Reverse NAPT support
Roaming function
Scalable clustering
Temperature sensor
TFTP server
USB device server
Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI)
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
VPN Server
WBEM support
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS)
WLAN controller mode

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Sierra Wireless 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot (Sprint)

Networking type: Wireless router
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Connectivity technology: Wireless

3.5 stars Editors' rating on 04/02/2010

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TP-LINK TL-WR700N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router (wireless router - 802.11b/g/n - wall-pluggable)

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