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Gigabyte AirCruiser G
Desktop Router
Specifications:
► IEEE Standards ◊
802.11b / 802.11g / 802.3 / 802.3u
► Wireless Data Rate
◊ 802.11b - UP TO
11 Mbps / 802.11g - UP TO 54 Mbps
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Wired Data Rates ◊
LAN: 10/100 Mbps / WAN 10/100 Mbps (both ports support
Auto MDI/MDI-X)
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Modulation Technology ◊
DSSS (DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK)
OFDM (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM)
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Frequency Range ◊2.412
to 2.484GHz
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Transmit Output Power |
19 dBm
► Security
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WPA (Wi-Fi Protected AccessTM
) support Integrated Firewall 64/128-bit WEP encryption 802.1x Access
Control
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DNS Relay ◊
DHCP Server ◊
PPPoE/Dynamic ◊
NAT Protocol ◊
VPN Pass-through
The
specifications for the Air Cruiser G Desktop Router pretty much mirror those of
a stand-alone router, because they perform the exact same job. The major
difference being, the Air Cruiser doesn't have a built-in switch. You must
uplink the Air Cruiser to an external switch. An unmanaged switch will do just
fine for just about every home application, but a feature that I find priceless
is the Auto MDI/MDI-X. For those who don't know, Auto MDI/MDI-X is the
routers/switches ability to automatically detect the wiring configuration of the
cable plugged into a port. UPLINK cables are wired as a "cross over" meaning
simply that one end of the cable has its twisted pairs crossed over.
This cross-over cable can be also be used to directly connect one PC to another
without the use of a hub or switch. Auto MDI/MDI-X allows either a pass-through
OR cross-over cable to be used for PC-to-Switch (patch) or -Switch-to-Switch
(uplink) connection.
Switches
without this feature must dedicate at least port as an "uplink" to allow the
signals to cascade from one switch to another. To eliminate the need for a
special uplink cable, only one device in the uplink chain needs to have the Auto
MDI/MDI-X port. More than likely the switch you already own has this feature
built-in, however if you see a dedicated Uplink port, or if you have a switch
that makes a certain port an Uplink port than that hub/switch does not support
the feature. I reuse the word switch, because the price-per-port comparison
between a hub and a switch is almost negligible these days and a switch does a
far more efficient job handling network traffic; it just doesn't make sense to
use a hub anymore.
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