D Link offers several Amplify wireless routers for high performance home theater environment including HD media router, Wi-Fi booster, Amplify whole home router and High speed Powerline adapters.
New introduction of D Link wireless routers offer you many choices to support your home entertainment environment. I am personally wondering why D Link so far doesn’t introduce wireless dual band router with N750 technology like it’s competitors who have shipped their N750 routers including WNDR4000 N750 router by Netgear, Linksys E4200 N750, Belkin N750 DB and Trendnet TEW-692GR. Even Trendnet with its TEW-692GR is claimed to be the first router with high speeds up to 450Mbps both bands.
DIR-657 HD Media Router
In the last you had the options to support your high performance home theater environment, today D Link offers you DIR-657 HD Media Router to help you enjoy the entertainment in the comfort of your large home. In the last you could install DIR-855 Xtreme N media router to support your media streaming. Or you could install the best seller router for solid connection for all of your wireless client computers in home the DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit router. Today D Link with its new router introduction offers DIR-657 HD Media Router to help you stream HD media up to 1080p seamlessly and to help you perform the gaming experience with lag-free and jitter-free.
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Main features:
- Powered by the 802.11n technology delivering the speeds up to 300Mbps single 2.4GHz band
- Includes prioritization engine (HD Fuel QoS) for high bandwidth applications including streaming HD media and smooth gaming
- Includes four gigabit LAN Ethernet ports for reliable and high performance wired connection to any Gigabit-enabled devices
- Includes one USB port with Share-Port technology to let you share any types of USB devices such as USB external disk storage or Printer.
With these major features, the router is ideal for home entertainment environment to help you stream HD media and smooth gaming.
Pros:
- High speed and solid connection
- USB port for shared storage or printer
Cons:
- Doesn’t support dual band for cleaner network
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DIR-645 Whole Home Router 1000
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The DIR-645 whole home router is designed for general purposes router to help you create a high performance wireless network for “work and play” covering the whole home. Unlike previous D Link routers such as D Link DIR-655 router with MIMO antenna technology, the DIR-645 is designed with Smart-Beam technology which sends focused beams of bandwidth to individual wireless clients simultaneously – it’s like, if you prefer flight simulation games, find and lock the target and then fire.
Main features:
- Powered by wireless N and 6x element beam forming antennas delivering uninterrupted wireless home coverage with the high speed up to 300Mbps
- Includes four Gigabit Ethernet ports
- Includes USB port with Share-Port technology for shared storage or shared printer
The DIR-645 whole home router is the new generation of D Link wireless router with smart-beam antenna technology. We’ll wait and see how users provide their opinions about the product.
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DAP-1525 Wi-Fi Booster
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Unlike the two wireless routers above where you need to connect the router to your broadband modem via its WAN port, the DAP-1525 is the wireless booster to boost your existing wireless coverage to get longer distance and better signal strength. If your current wireless router doesn’t provide the signal strength you require for wireless clients within the household, you can add this DAP-1525 Wi-Fi booster to strengthen the signal and coverage.
Main features:
- Powered by wireless N technology with 6 element beam forming antennas for greater coverage of your existing wireless network
- Selectable dual band either 2.4GHz or 5GHz band
- Four Gigabit LAN Ethernet ports
- Includes USB port with Share-port technology for either shared storage or printer
If you are suffering with your existing wireless signal and coverage, add this DAP-1525 WI-Fi booster.
Pros:
- Upgrade your low power router to support selectable dual band signal with greater coverage and supports gigabit Ethernet ports
- USB port for either shared storage or shared printer
Cons:
- Dual band but not simultaneous
Upgrade your existing wireless router with DAP-1525 signal booster for better signal strength and coverage.
Click here for D-Link DAP-1525 Wi-Fi booster spec details.
See also:
- Home computer network with Powerline AV adapters
- TL-R4299G Dual WAN Router for Internet Café
- Computer network with Netgear N600 routers
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