Thread: Sitcom WL-183 Wireless Router

Many manufacturers abound on the market for Wi-Fi router. Besides top dogs such as D-Link, Linksys and Net gear, there is some tip: provider, the router I spice up their clever software, a cheap price or another feature provided with the him to stand out from the crowd. Especially over the short measuring distance Sitecom SL trumped-183 on. With the proprietary USB wireless adapter WL-182 he made an average of 83MBit / s.

Also in conjunction with a 11n Centrino notebook he was a transfer rate of 80 Mbps to convince. Over the longer measurement distances (10 meters, 20 meters), he fell back into midfield. From station uses the Sitecom WL-183 encryption. Even when you set up by forcing the router configuration menu, the user not to encrypt the wireless network. However, SL-183 Sitecom supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup): allows devices to communicate WPS push of a button on a secure key.

In the security settings of the SL-183 are good and bad very closely related, Wisely, is off by default Universal Plug & Play, unfortunately, also has the Sitecom router firewall disabled. The settings for packet filtering and port forwarding are extensive, but clear. But the SL-183 has no time-out for its configuration menu, the user logs off properly, the menu is open to all. The 4-port switch of the Sitecom WL-183 works with Fast Ethernet speeds. For wireless transmission uses the 11n router three external antennas. In addition to power and LAN cables and a wall mount for the router is in the box.