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Review: SMC SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router

By arpan ⋅ August 31, 2008 ⋅  Send this to a friend.. ⋅  Print this article. ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Add to Technorati Favorites

The SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router is a latest well groomed Draft N 2.0 routers by the SMC that comes with a fair price, decent performance, and dead-simple setup. The SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router operates on 2.4GHz band and offers a decent throughput and long range accessibility in 802.11n network setup. The Barricade N router includes a loads of generous features a compact & practical design; USB 2.0 port for print serving, and an always-appreciated for intuitive Web interface to setup and maintenance a snap as well as Wi-Fi Protected Setup. It also features four gigabit LAN ports, one gigabit WAN port, DHCP support and NAT firewall with Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI).

The SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router offers a smart, straightforward and practical design with three external antennas on the side. The SMC’s router delivers a good performance for both802.11n  legacy and 802.11g clients at the same time with 52.4Mbps and the SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router can broadcast its signal up to 300 feet an impressive distance. With the help of the router’s Web interface you can find firmware, manual downloads, and FAQ pages, as well as contact SMC support by e-mail fron SMC’s website. In spite of decent performance, good range and throughput the SMC SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router lacks in supporting high speed 5.0Ghz frequency.

Features:

* 300Mbps Wireless Broadband Router
* 4 Gigabit LAN ports
* 1 USB printer server
* NAT / SPI / DoS / MAC filter / VPN pass-through / DMZ / WEP / WPA / DHCP server support
* WDS support

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