Cisco Linksys WRT160NL review
in Wireless routers
Verdict
A good, solid draft-n router with handy NAS and media streaming features and a tempting price. Only the lack of an ADSL version counts against it
Review Date: 27 Aug 2009
Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray
Price when reviewed: £56 (£64 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
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| Part Code | WRT160NL-UK |
| Review Date | 27 Aug 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £56 |
| Price inc VAT | £64 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| WiFi standard | Draft 802.11n |
| Modem type | Cable |
| Wireless standards | |
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| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| LAN ports | |
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| Gigabit LAN ports | 0 |
| 10/100 LAN ports | 4 |
| Features | |
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| MAC address cloning |
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| Wireless bridge (WDS) |
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| Interior antennae | 0 |
| Exterior antennae | 2 |
| 802.11e QoS |
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| User-configurable QoS |
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| UPnP support |
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| Dynamic DNS |
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| Security | |
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| WEP support |
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| WPA support |
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| WPA Enterprise support |
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| WPS (wireless protected setup) |
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| MAC address filtering |
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| DMZ support |
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| VPN support |
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| Port forwarding/virtual server |
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| Intrusion detection |
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| DoS protection |
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| Web content filtering |
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| Email alerts |
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| Activity/event logging |
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| Dimensions | |
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| Dimensions | 203 x 159 x 33mm (WDH) |
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