The ASUS EA-N66 is crown jewel of network
adapters
In the short few years that ASUS has
dabbled in the network components industry, we've been treated with only
quality products one after another. ASUS' network devices marry most of the
best in design with the best in functionality, and we've gushed our fair share
love for them. With the ASUS EA-N66 wireless Ethernet adapter, ASUS has another
winner on their hands.
Network products rarely go for aesthetic
heights, but the EA-N66 certainly achieves it. It is a pyramidshaped piece of
art right out of the Tate Art Museum, a marriage of new age art style with
science fiction sensibilities. The device is light and is actually
wall-mountable, and there's only one Ethernet port and the power socket to
break the design flow. Turn it on and it lights up in blue.
But the design here isn't only for looks.
The pyramid shape is what ASUS calls a "Unique Orthogonal 3x3 Patent
Antenna Technique", which prevents interference with each antenna.
Setting up the EA-N66 is an easy thing,
benefitted heavily from ASUS' proprietary EZ Ul which simplifies most things
into a few button clicks.
What do you exactly use the EA-N66? For
many things. The more popular one is to turn any non-wireless device (your
SMART TV, your game console, network router) into something wireless capable.
It can also serve as an access point for Gigabit switches or be used as a
wireless repeater. Regardless of which, the EA-N66 works easily and works
amazingly.
Performance here shines, too. The adapter
is capable of up to 450Mbps in transfers, and while we've yet to hit that mark
in our tests, the throughput rate is indeed perfect for streaming HD content or
online gaming. To top it off, the coverage is wide and consistent and it has
dual band support (2.4GHz, 5GHz). The EA-N66 is so well-rounded that it's hard
for us to find fault in it.
ASUS
EA-N66 Dual-Band Wireless-N450 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Price TBA
Info www.asus.com
Specifications
Standards (Wireless): IEEE 802.11
a/b/g/n
Bands: 2.4GHz, 5GHz
LAN Ports: 4 x Gigabit Ethernet
Antennas: 3 x R SMA Antenna
Security: 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2,
TKIP, AES, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
Dimensions: 122 x 111 x 62 mm
Weight: 110g
Comment
(+) Cool aesthetics and design
Great performance
Lots of uses and application
(-) None
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