Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router

The Linksys by Cisco Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router is the heart of your home entertainment and data network.  Connect your computers, game consoles, and network-enabled entertainment devices together and to the Internet either directly hard-wired or through high-speed wireless*.  This easy-to-use device has the features you need to set up a versatile, fast, and security conscious network in your home.

• Internet-sharing router with built-in wireless access point and 4-port Gigabit switch
• Works in either the 2.4 or 5 gigahertz radio bands
• 4-port Gigabit switch for fast file transfers
• Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ helps make wireless configuration secure and push button easy
• Helps protect your data and privacy with encrypted wireless transmissions and a powerful SPI firewall to block most known Internet attacks

Fast and Far

Wireless Speed and Range
The Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N.  By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate.

• Works in either the 2.4 or 5 gigahertz radio bands
  • Use the 2.4GHz band to connect to many classic wireless devices like game consoles, older notebooks, DVRs, media players, etc.
  • Or use the less-crowded 5GHz band to avoid interference with 2.4GHz networks or noisy devices like cordless phones and microwave ovens
  • Both bands use Wireless-N technology for robust speed and range, and more complete coverage throughout your home
• Great for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and Voice over IP telephony
• Also connects to Wireless-G, -B, or -A devices
• Double Channel Width mode doubles the throughput
• Specially designed internal antennas provide great range in an attractive, sleek case that looks good in any room, on a shelf or wall-mounted

Gigabit Fast Wired Connections
The Router also provides connections for directly-wired network devices.  The 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports connect with rates 10 times faster than standard "Fast Ethernet" ports.  You'll get fast file transfers to network storage devices, printers, and other gigabit-enabled network devices.

On-time delivery with QoS
And, to deliver your time-sensitive traffic efficiently, the Router features Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities.  QoS tells your network to give priority to packets in time-sensitive streams like Voice (VoIP) or media (audio or video), so that these types of applications can deliver less garbled conversations and smoother digital video.

• Prioritize applications:
  • MSN Messenger, Skype, or Yahoo! Messenger
  • Nine popular online game presets, or add your own
• Or prioritize devices by MAC address, specific Gigabit Ethernet port, or specific Voice device
• Also supports Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) for automatic prioritization of voice and video streams

Safe and Sound

Wireless Security
To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encrypt all wireless transmissions with the latest industrial-strength 128-bit encryption.

• Choose the wireless security of WEP, WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal, WPA Enterprise, WPA2 Enterprise, or RADIUS
• Prevent or permit specific wireless devices from accessing the network by listing their MAC address
• Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ support for WPA2 secured wireless connections at the push of a button

Internet Security
The Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router has a powerful SPI firewall to help protect you against intruders and most known Internet attacks.  The Router also features filters that let you deny specific types of Internet requests, and block certain application types.

• NAT (Network Address Translation) helps prevent your local network and its devices from being "seen" from the Internet
• SPI Firewall blocks un-asked-for Internet traffic
• Port Forwarding and DMZ allow controlled access to your network resources from the Internet

Access Controls for Parents
Of growing concern for parents is the amount and type of Internet access their families have.  The Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router can help.  Parents can create policies for each PC in the house, to control access by time and day, specific website, keyword, protocols, or applications.

• For each PC in the house:
  • Specify Internet availability by time and day of the week
  • Block specific websites by web address or categories keyword
  • Block specific Internet protocols like FTP, POP3, IMAP, or SMTP
  • Block specific applications, like online games, by communication ports used

For even more safety and control, parents can activate the enclosed 30-day free trial of Trend Micro's Home Network Defender, which makes your router the first line of defense for your network -- before threats even reach your home devices.

• Robust Parental Controls with website category blocking and timers
• Safe Web Surfing with Web Threat Protection technology is designed to automatically block sites identified as malicious
• Detailed reports of all Internet traffic through your router
• Powerful PC security features from Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware

User Friendly

Easy to Set Up
The included Cisco Setup Wizard software runs on both Windows and Mac, and walks you step-by-step through the initial setup of the Router with clear illustrations and jargon-free language.

Easy to Use
But with all this power and all these features, you might expect that the Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router requires a networking genius to maintain and use.  Fortunately, it comes with one, right in the box: Network Magic Essentials (Windows only)

• Helps connect devices and sets up sharing for printers and files
• Monitors and troubleshoots your network
• Visualize your network with Network Map
• Parental Controls: Monitor and restrict Internet activity

The Heart of Your Network

With the Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications, both wired and wirelessly!

Disclaimers

Specifications are subject to change without notice. Linksys, Cisco, the Cisco logo and Network Magic are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Other brands are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

*Maximum performance derived from IEEE Standard 802.11 specifications. Actual performance can vary, including lower wireless network capacity, data throughput rate, range and coverage. Performance depends on many factors, conditions and variables, including distance from the access point, volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, operating system used, mix of wireless products used, interference and other adverse conditions.  Internet access requires an active Internet/broadband user subscription from an Internet Service Provider.