Internet connectivity with the speed & range of Wireless-NInternet-sharing Router & 4-port Switch with a built in speed & range enhanced Wireless Access Point MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels up to 4 times farther & reduces dead spots Up to 12 times faster than Wireless-G but also works great with Wireless-G & -B devices Advanced wireless security with up to 256-bit encryption & your network protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall Wireless-N increases wireless range up to twice as far & reduces dead spots in coverage area The Wireless-N Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First theres the Wireless Access Point which lets you connect to the network without wires. Theres also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Finally the Router function ties it all together & lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. The Access Point built into the Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology Wireless-N draft 802.11n. By overlaying the signals of multiple radios Wireless-Ns Multiple In Multiple Out MIMO technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal reflections MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase the range & reduce dead spots in the wireless coverage area. The robust signal travels farther maintaining wireless connections up to 4 times farther than standard Wireless-G. With Wireless-N the farther away you are the more speed advantage you get. It works great with standard Wireless-G & -B equipment but when both ends of the wireless link are Wireless-N the router can increase the throughput even more by using twice as much radio band yielding speeds up to 12 times as fast as standard Wireless-G. But unlike other speed-enhanced technologies Wireless-N can dynamically enable this double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. In congested areas the good neighbor mode ensures that the Router checks for other wireless devices in the area before gobbling up the radio b&. To help protect your data & privacy the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with industrial-strength 256-bit encryption. It can serve as your networks DHCP Server has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders & most known Internet attacks & supports VPN pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility. The incredible speed of Wireless-N makes it absolutely ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video gaming & Voice over IP telephony & gives you plenty of headroom to run multiple media-intense data streams through the network at the same time with no degradation in performance. With the Linksys Wireless-N Broadband Router at the center of your home or office network you can share a high-speed Internet connection files printers & multi-player games & run media-intensive applications at faster than 10100 wired network speeds without the hassle of stringing wires