Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Products Connect Students This School Year Wirelessly
SYDNEY, Australia – January 22, 2009 – Cisco® today highlights its Linksys by Cisco consumer Wireless-N ‘Back to School’ solutions, a collection of its most popular Wireless-N router/gateway that will help assist students and their families to start the school year with a media-enabled home. The advanced technology in the Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N products enables students to connect and share their school work with immense speed regardless of time and location.
Facts/Highlights:
- Within the media-enabled home, students can capitalise on the high-speed wireless technology throughout the school week, and also relax and unwind on weekends. This collection of Wireless-N products enables students to print work wirelessly from any room in the house, while enjoying high-speed online gaming, streaming of music, and videos in their spare time. By using the latest Linksys by Cisco networking devices, students gain the all-round, high quality media experience required to stay ahead this school year.
- The WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router is designed to provide two radio bands (2.4 and 5 GHz) simultaneously that can deliver twice the bandwidth, so students can easily share high-speed Internet connections, files and printers, while run media-intensive applications like high-definition video streaming, online gaming and uninterrupted music streaming faster than over before. By utilising both the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz wireless spectrums, students can combine school work with leisure, with the most advanced technology available.
- The WAG160N Wireless-N ADSL2+ Gateway is an all-in-one solution for Internet connectivity that integrates the functionality of an ADSL2+ Modem, Router, 4-port Switch and a Wireless-N Access Point. The WAG160N is the centre of your media-enabled home, enabling fast Internet connectivity, while supporting file sharing, wireless printing, and other resource sharing in a networked environment. Featuring a sleek, consumer-friendly design that includes enhanced internal antenna technology, the WAG160N is ideal for families who want to keep up with the advancing technology used at schools, without dealing with the technicalities.
- Also available under the Linksys by Cisco range of router/gateway includes:
- WRT310N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Gigabit Router (RRP: $329.95)
- WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router (RRP: $219.95)
- WRT110 RangePlus Wireless Router (RRP: $129.95)
- WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router (RRP: $99.95)
- WAG54G2 Wireless-G ADSL2+ Gateway (RRP: $169.95)
- From now till February 28, 2009, Cisco is running a cash back promotion on the WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router, the WAG160N Wireless-N ADSL2+ Gateway and the WAG54G2 Wireless-G ADSL2+ Gateway. With the purchase of a Linksys by Cisco WRT610N (RRP: $429.95), customers will receive a $100 mail-in rebate, while WAG160N (RRP $269.95) and WAG54G2 (RRP $169.95) customers will receive a $50 and $25 cash back rebate 1 respectively. The Linksys by Cisco WRT610N, WAG160N and the WAG54G2 are available from authorised distributors, quality retailers and resellers.
Supporting Quotes:
Graeme Reardon, Regional Director, Australia and New Zealand, Cisco Consumer Business Group.
“The Ultra RangePlus family of Wireless-N products enables students to ‘connect’ with classmates, teachers and friends throughout the school year. Using Wireless-N technology, students cannot only send and receive large documents from teachers and share images and videos for group projects, they can also enjoy the benefits of this technology for leisurely use like high speed-gaming and streaming of music and videos – all with enhanced speed and ease and without wires.
Supporting Resources:
http://www.linksysbycisco.com.au
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