Zyxel NBG419N Wireless N 300mbps Router $29.99 at Buy.com w/FS (No Rebates)

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High-Performance Router for Gaming and Video Streaming

The ZyXEL NBG-419N Wireless N Router features the latest 802.11n technology to offer a cost-effective solution for users upgrading their networks to the next generation. With a speed six times faster than the standard 802.11g networks, the NBG-419N provides more stable and reliable wireless connections for high-speed data and multimedia deliveries. It surely provides a better Internet experience, and better yet, it's backward compatible with the existing 802.11b/g networks.

QoS Enhances User Experiences on Network Gaming and Multimedia Streaming

With Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) technology, by automatically prioritizing different types of network traffics to optimal performance, the NBG-419N can enhance users' experiences for audio, video and voice applications over wireless networks. The configurable QoS ensures smooth delivery of gaming, video streaming, VoIP and downloading, so your most important needs receive the priority you set.

Easy Mode and Expert Mode for Quick Navigation and Setup

Designed with a user-friendly interface, the NBG-419N provides the "Easy Mode" for navigating functions, basic setup tasks and providing a comprehensive network map. With the Easy Mode that simplifies the system configuration tasks, you can enable or disable the frequent setup options such as Game Engine, Power Saving, Content Filtering and Bandwidth Management with just one click.Users just click the On/Off icon to enable the Game Engine function and set the gaming traffic as first priority to ensure the smooth delivery of gaming over Xbox 360, PlayStation, Battle.net, and MSN Game Zone. For advanced setup, "Expert Mode" provides full setup options for more detailed configuration.

Green Product with Wireless Control for Energy Savings

Featured with wireless scheduling, the NBG-419N can be configured to turn off according to your wireless usage pattern. It can save unnecessary power consumption and reduce wireless radiation when wireless connection is not in use,.Users can easily set up its wireless usage schedule under Easy Mode. In addition users can also use the wireless on/off switch on the rear panel to toggle the wireless access in just seconds.

Easy Setup with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)Equipped with a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) push button, establishing a secure wireless network with the NBG-419N could not be easier. The WPS takes only a few seconds to set up a secure wireless network without any complicated procedure. Instead of entering a pass phrase, users can authenticate a new device on the network by pressing a button or by entering an automatically generated PIN code. With the button option, users could even setup the wireless configuration and encryption with just a simple click.

Six-level Neighbor-friendly Wireless Output Power Control

The NBG-419N makes it easy to adjust the output power to reduce interference with neighboring access points within high wireless density areas. The NBG-419N's six-level output power control capability makes you a good wireless neighbor starting from the first day having it installed.

Enhanced Security with WEP, WPA/WPA2 and Firewall

64/128-bit WEP, and WPA/WPA2 are supported to provide stringent protection for wireless transmissions. In addition, the NBG-419N is equipped with firewall features including DoS (Denial-of-Service), Network Address Translation (NAT), VPN Pass-through (IPSec, PPTP, & L2TP) to prevent attacks from the Internet.

Vinci said:
Six-level Neighbor-friendly Wireless Output Power Control

The NBG-419N makes it easy to adjust the output power to reduce interference with neighboring access points within high wireless density areas. The NBG-419N's six-level output power control capability makes you a good wireless neighbor starting from the first day having it installed.

Unfortunately your neighbors don't have this function and you'll need to keep it on highest anyway just to compete with their signal.

anybody know if this can do static dhcp ip's? (assign each computer in your network a static ip).

which is going to be better, this or the X550? That's what I have now...

Stupid questions time! Will I really see a speed difference with this specific N router? I just upgraded my notebook and it now has an N card so I'm thinking about scooping this up. I do a ton of transfer via Bittorrent so I'm assuming this should speed that up significantly, right?

Dealdudemiester said: superflysocal said: anybody know if this can do static dhcp ip's? (assign each computer in your network a static ip).

according to Zyxel's website, yes it can.

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Didn't see where it said static dhcp. I see static ip which has to do with your broadband connection type (connection that has a static ip), as oppose to ability to assign different computers on your network a static ip(ie 192.168.1.xx) based on MAC addresss.

Thanks for the info guys. I have Comcast and I see their fastest speed is 16mb so probably not worth the upgrade!

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Anyone got a similar alternative with Gigabit Ethernet ports?

jamesbodden said: probably not unless you have a crazy fast connection from your isp like 50mbps or 100mbps fios. However most people have like 6-10 mbps which wireless g is good enough

Now transferring files on your network from computer to computer will be faster because only then your nic and router will be the bottlenecks Everytime I hear one of the blue shirt guys in that big Blue store with that yellow logo in the middle trying to explain this to the ignorant customer, and trying to convince him/her to get the N just because it the is the latest and it will really speed up their "internet" connection, I just cant control my laughter.

shonuff66 said: Anyone got a similar alternative with Gigabit Ethernet ports?

Buy.com has a promotion going on on the X550n, but much higher on price.

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kringan said: jamesbodden said: probably not unless you have a crazy fast connection from your isp like 50mbps or 100mbps fios. However most people have like 6-10 mbps which wireless g is good enough

Now transferring files on your network from computer to computer will be faster because only then your nic and router will be the bottlenecks Everytime I hear one of the blue shirt guys in that big Blue store with that yellow logo in the middle trying to explain this to the ignorant customer, and trying to convince him/her to get the N just because it the is the latest and it will really speed up their "internet" connection, I just cant control my laughter.

yeah and then want to sell them some crazy 100+ n router which the customer will still connect wlan g to

Dealdudemiester said: shonuff66 said: Anyone got a similar alternative with Gigabit Ethernet ports?

Buy.com has a promotion going on on the X550n, but much higher on price.

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Thanks for the link. X550N is a great router since it has a ubicom QOS chip similar to Dlink DIR-655. For $57 after the rebate, X550 is hot buy.

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I ordered mine just (2) days ago and just received it today also. I like the small size of the router. Looks decent. Haven't hooked it up yet though. I know that some of Zyxel's other wireless products get very good to excellent reviews. Hoping this router works good.

I'm a novice network(er) so someone please verify this... Installing this, while not necessarily improving/speeding up your internet-related activity, should at least allow you to increase your xfer speeds within your own intranet (in-home network), subject of course to the hardware constraints of the machines involved in any intranet xfer... correct?

I have not seen any reviews yet, but it does seem like you can reserve IP addresses based on MAC-Addresses. I did see this in the Demo at:

http://www.zyxel.com/guidemo/NBG419N/

Configuration->Network->DHCP Server

GnatGoSplat said: boxcar said: I'm a novice network(er) so someone please verify this... Installing this, while not necessarily improving/speeding up your internet-related activity, should at least allow you to increase your xfer speeds within your own intranet (in-home network), subject of course to the hardware constraints of the machines involved in any intranet xfer... correct?

Yes, you will be able to improve transfer speeds with your in-home network, but ONLY if you also upgrade your client devices to 802.11N. If you don't upgrade your 802.11G devices to N, you won't see any improvement at all and in some cases, reduced performance with G-clients depending on what kind of G-router you're replacing.

Is there such a router that can handle clients with N and clients with G separately at their own speed? This might sound like a stupid question, but makes more sense if you think more about it: while I can update the network card in my laptop to N, there's no easy way (and clear need) for me to upgrade my wireless printer to N. Also, how can you update your iphone to N? So, if I do need the N speed for the windows home server backup of my laptops, but at the same time I can not get rid of all G clients, a two interface router seems to be the only meaningful option ...

wwml said: Is there such a router that can handle clients with N and clients with G separately at their own speed? This might sound like a stupid question, but makes more sense if you think more about it: while I can update the network card in my laptop to N, there's no easy way (and clear need) for me to upgrade my wireless printer to N. Also, how can you update your iphone to N? So, if I do need the N speed for the windows home server backup of my laptops, but at the same time I can not get rid of all G clients, a two interface router seems to be the only meaningful option ...

N-only mode is the fastest, but you can run the router in mixed mode and your N clients will still be faster than G clients and they can both connect simultaneously. If you need to squeeze maximum throughput out of your N-clients while still using B/G clients, you can get a dual-band, dual-radio router which will ideally run your N-clients on a 5GHz N-only radio and B/G clients on the 2.4GHz radio. Those routers are typically $100+ more expensive than this one. One off the top of my head is the D-Link DIR-825 which has received lackluster reviews. It might be cheaper just to run two separate routers, one running B/G and the other running N-only and configured as an AP to the first.

My router just came today, and I ran some iperf benchmarks. My G laptop's throughput is just as fast as it was with my old ZyXEL X550. This was a pleasant surprise, as I had tried an Airlink AR670W (with DD-WRT no less) and my G laptop's throughput was only 75% that of the old X550. However, that's as far as my good experiences with this router went. I found it's range is nothing short of abysmal. My PC in the basement (probably only 25-30 feet away) saw 3-bars with the X550. The NBG419N didn't even want to show up in a site survey, and when it did, it was 1-bar. It wouldn't even connect. It would try forever, but could never get an IP. I tried numerous times, I tried every antenna orientation, I even replaced one of them with a spare D-Link 9dBi. The huge D-Link antenna made no difference whatsoever. Unfortunately, I'm going to be sending mine back. It's too bad, the firmware and features seems really nice.

For those interested, this router has a Ralink RT3052F chipset. 32MB RAM, 4MB flash. I wasn't impressed with the Ralink in my Airlink AR670W and I'm even less impressed with it in this router.

It would be easy for DD-WRT to be ported to this router, it seems to be electrically identical to the Buffalo WHR-G300N (all chips the same). Maybe DD-WRT for the G300N could even work as-is in this router. However, I'm not sure it's needed. The firmware in this router seems really good, lots of features. It can work as an AP client and also has an AP Client Bridge mode that seems like it could be used as a repeater. I would like it if it weren't for the horribly weak radio.

No, not this router anyway. It has the worst range of all the routers I've ever owned.

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