Best Seller Medialink N150 Vs E1200 Wireless Router

Amazon Best Seller Medialink N150 Vs E1200 N300 Wireless Router – what differences between the two routers.

Deciding to purchase a wireless router to support your home wireless environment for work and play with affordable price is sometimes confusing. Even though you just need to spend the money for standard router with the price under $60, a careful decision should also be made not to be unsatisfactory at the end. Currently the new generation of Linksys E1200 and Medialink N150 router becomes best seller in Amazon in networking router category.

To know the manufacturer’s specification comparison between new Linksys E1200 N300 Vs Medialink N150 router the following table shows the main features not to mention other standard features a wireless router should have. Both routers support standard features like wireless security encryption WPA/WPA2 with WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), dual firewall feature (NAT & SPI), DHCP server feature (to let you manage the IP address configuration for all the clients on the network automatically) and VPN protocols pass-through.

Wireless Technology

Why you should purchase old router with wireless G technology while with the same money you can purchase new generation of wireless N technology (802.11n standards)? Both routers are powered by the latest generation of 802.11n standards – the ratified version of draft 802.11n. Linksys E1200 is powered by N300 technology delivering the speed up to 300Mbps in single 2,4GHz band and is embedded with 2x internal antennas with MIMO technology while Medialink N150 is powered by N150 technology delivering the speed up to 150Mbps in single band with 1x internal antenna.

Theoretically the wireless speed for Linksys E1200 is twice faster than Medialink N150 router. In real world, the wireless speed will depend on many environmental factors and you will never reach the maximum speed as specified in the manufacturer’s specs. Some routers have high speed specs but if you are not lucky, you get the one that has unreliable speed that make you sent it back to the store. Read the reviews from others who have experience with the product.

Ethernet Port and USB

For standard deployment of the router for work in home, the gigabit Ethernet port is not an issue. Unless you require high speed reliable wired connection for demanding high speed applications such as huge data files transfer to the servers or video applications. Both routers are equipped with fast Ethernet ports both LAN (4x) and WAN (1x) interfaces. For couple of computers with NIC adapter connect to the router, 10/100Mbps speed is appropriate.

Unfortunately both routers do not include USB port which is typically for shared storage or shared printer. Wireless routers with USB port are more expensive than standard routers. But Linksys E1200 N300 includes Cisco Connect Software that allows you manage the router setting easily from your computers including managing the shared printer on the network, setting security and etc.

Guest Network

Guest network is very essential in some cases such as when you frequently invite friends to come to your home and need to provide them internet access. With Guest network feature you can create separate wireless network with different password than the one you use. And the main point is to limit the access right to your local network resources for security reason. Linksys E1200 supports guest network but Medialink doesn’t.

With the above comparison table and brief description, you can make a decision which router is best for your need. I recommend you to read other reviews about the products in online store such as Amazon to know exactly what others opinion about the product.

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