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Top 10 Wireless Routers for Home Networking

Your home network is ever growing by acquiring more devices. Your digital pictures are on the network storage, your DVD collection is stashed away to prevent scratching the media but the movies are waiting for you on the same network storage, you would like to play video games with your buddies or kids while having the freedom to move your laptop around, you would like to continue watching that rented movie in your lunch break from where you left it last night, and so on.

It seams that a home network made up of a DSL modem connected to a regular IEEE 802.11b wireless home router with basic firewall protection and typical throughput rate of around 1 Mbit/s will not cut it anymore.

Here are the top 10 wireless routers you can use in your home network and enable, with low effort and minimal costs, high speed traffic between home devices. In addition, all of this devices allow for state-of-art security protection against Internet threats by providing firewall functions and encrypted wireless transmission.

Belkin N+ Wireless Router

Router lets you easily create a large Wireless-N network for the home or office

MIMO antenna technology provides extended range and data throughput up to 300 Mbps

Security options include Wi-Fi Protected Setup, WPA/WPA2 and 64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryption

USB port allows connection of an external hard drive or thumb drive for networked storage

Four Gigabit Ethernet ports

Linksys WRT610N Wireless Router

Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Gigabit Switch, with a built-in, dual-band, speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point

Two simultaneous, separate, radio bands double your available bandwidth

MIMO technology uses multiple radios per band to create robust signals for maximum range and speed, with reduced dead spots

Connect a hard drive or flash-based USB storage device to allow access to your music, video, or data files from within your network, or through the Internet

D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router

Delivers up to 14x faster speeds* and 6x farther range* than 802.11g means Greater Coverage for Your Entire Home or Office

Ideal for streaming HD video or streaming multiple applications simultaneously

Intelligent QoS technology prioritizes both wired and wireless Internet traffic to enable enhanced gaming and phone calling (VoIP) experience

Gigabit Ports for Incredible Wired Network Speeds

Dual active firewall protection (SPI & NAT) helps block malicious attacks on networks from the Internet.

Belkin F5D8230-4 Wireless 802.11x Pre-N Router

Connectivity Technology: Wireless, Wired

Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g

Transport Protocol: TCP/IP, PPTP, UDP/IP, IPSec, PPPoE

Remote Management_protocol: HTTP

Network Data Transfer Rate: 108 Megabits Per Second

supports the WPA and WPA2 wireless encryption standards, which prevent unauthorized access to wireless networks and ensure data is secure

SMCWGBR14-N - Wireless Router

4-port 10/100/1000Mbps LAN switch, high-speed Wireless-N (draft 802.11n) access point

wireless speeds up to 300Mbps and extended coverage

NAT firewall with Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), intelligent stream handling technology, a multifunction print server

enough bandwidth to simultaneously stream video and audio, play online games, transfer large files, make VoIP calls and surf the Internet

using the Access Control feature parents or network administrators can block certain websites, limit web access based on time or dates

supports the WPA and WPA2 wireless encryption standards, which prevent unauthorized access to wireless networks and ensure data is secure

wireless security can also be set up easily using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) that enables push-button or PIN configuration

D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N

Intelligent QoS technology prioritizes Internet traffic as well as wired and wireless network traffic

Xtreme N technology allows for farther home coverage

Secure your wireless network using advanced WPA or WPA2 encryption

Supports Good Neighbor Policy - will not interfere with other wireless networks

Backward compatible with 802.11g and 802.11a devices including game consoles and digital media players

TRENDnet TEW-633GR 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router

14x the speed and 6x the range of wireless g

Seamlessly stream video, download files, talk online and play games

Quality of Service technology prioritizes gaming, Internet calls and video streaming

Advanced wireless encryption and a firewall provides robust security

Supports AP mode and Bridge mode

Netgear WNR2000 Wireless-N Router

Wireless-N router offers significant speed and performance improvements over Wireless-G

Simple and secure way to share your high-speed Internet connection

Works with older Wireless-G devices and new Wireless-N devices

Push ‘N’ Connect features simplifies set-up process; no need to remember complicated security keys or passwords

D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Selectable Dualband

Nothing ruins a frag-fest faster than lag. GameFuel allows you to customize your network settings to prioritize game traffic so your roommate doesn’t hog all the bandwidth while downloading tracks from his favorite 80’s hair band.

You can never have too much information. That’s why we’ve included a Network Activity Display to show you what’s going on with your router. Check your Internet, LAN, WAN and other various settings all from one screen

Playing by yourself can be fun, but getting online and fragging others is way better. Make sure your wireless signal can make it into the basement with our Xtreme N Duo wireless technology

With Xtreme N Duo technology your router also has the power of dualband (2.4 or 5GHz) wireless signals to get your game on in the wireless band of your choice.

Wireless Data Transfer Rates: 300 Mbit/s

Linksys WRT600N Linksys Ultra RangePlus Dual-Band

Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Gigabit Switch, with a built-in, dual-band, speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point

Two simultaneous, separate, radio bands double your available bandwidth

MIMO technology uses multiple radios per band to create robust signals for maximum range and speed, with reduced dead spots

Connect a hard drive or flash-based USB storage device to allow access to your music, video, or data files from within your network, or through the Internet

Advanced wireless security and SPI firewall for protection from Internet attacks

Selection Criteria

allow for playing online games, faster transfers of large files between devices in distantly separated rooms
backward compatibility with older networking devices
Wi-Fi Alliance certified
availability of compatible wireless/wired network adapters you may need for your computers or laptops
configurable transmission spectrum to avoid interference with your existing wireless devices

Word on Undesirable Interference

Interference from cell phones, microwave ovens, cordless phones and other household electronics may cause interference and performance degradation. For example if the cordless phones in your home use the 2.4GHz frequency spectrum will interfere with old wireless routers and performance degradation may impact the performance of your home network. The routers presented here can be configured to operate in either 2.4 Ghz or 5.0 GHz frequency spectrum in order to avoid such undesirable interference.