Besides good looks and compact body, this router also has features that make it worth the price. Features that stand out in this 802.11n (draft) standard-based router include MIMO (Multiple in, Multiple Out) technology that multiplies effective data transfer rate by overlaying signals of multiple radios, USB 2.0 port for attaching external storage on the network, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, built in Media server that can be accessed from anywhere on the Internet, and single button protecting your wireless connection (Wi-Fi Protected Access). As security feature, supports WEP, WPA. and WPA2 encryption. Installation is simple with standard browser-based interface.

All these capabilities make this router worthy you are working with centric applications like video streaming. VoIP etc.

To check performance of this router, we again carried out two tests. First we checked TCP throughput using 'Qcheck 3.0'. with a payload of 1000 Mb, it gave 15 Mbps which is lower than Edimax BR6524n router . To check speed of transformation, we created an isolated network (G) with WRT610N connected to two machines one via Ethernet and other via wireless connection. Then we transferred 50 Mb of data from one machine to the other. It took on average 40 seconds to complete this data transfer.





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