Fast, fashionable and feature-rich,
this router is perfect for offices and media enthusiasts who don’t want to
invest in a sufficient 802.11ac access point.
With all the dramatic advertisements around
802.11ac Wi-Fi, it’s easy to forget that 802.11n is still the most popular Wi-Fi
standard in use and it can provide a valuable and excellent speed. We were
impressed by the recent Netgear router, especially 802.11ac R6300. Although
they provide excellent operating performance, not all of them provide the total
features of the opponents, such as the print server.
Netgear
WNDR4500
Therefore, we’re pleased to hold the
top-ranking WNDR4500, dual-band router with 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 2 USB ports
and the media host, file host and a pre-installed printer. It has simultaneous dual-band,
which means that you can use 2.4GHz band and less crowded 5GHz band at the same
time, allows people who have similar equipment enjoy the faster speed in a
wider range of 5GHz band, whereas, those with 2.4GHz device continue to have
internet access.
The nice black unit it attached on a
transparent plastic base which look pretty sophisticated and high-qualified.
The symbols in front of the router are big enough to be seen from a far
distance and straightforward. This is a router you don’t hesitate to put next
to the TV or the home cinema systems.
Operating performance is the most important
factor in router, and we’re pleased to announce that WNDR4500 had done an
amazing job. It could be predicted that the weakest data transfer speed was
recorded when we connected to it by using pre-installed Wi-Fi adaptor of Centrino
laptop. We recorded a 48.4Mbit/s speed in 1m distance, 48.4Mbit/s in 10m and
25Mbit/s in 25m. They are extremely good data transfer speeds for a 2.4GHz band.
There’s no other route we examined under the same conditions could reach that,
from which made WNDR4500 perfect for those who had Wi-Fi adaptor insufficient
in update.
We tested the operating performance of
2.4GHz band of WNDR4500 one more time by using WNDA3100 Wi-Fi adaptor of
Netgear instead of Centrino Wi-Fi adaptor. It created a small yet surprising
increase in the data transferred speed, reaches 55.9Mbit/s at 1m, 53.6Mbit/s at
10m, and an impressive speed, 36.6Mbit/s at 25m.the first 2 speeds are very
fast although DrayTek Vigor 2850n follow close behind that.
The
nice black unit it attached on a transparent plastic base which look pretty
sophisticated and high-qualified.
Of course, it’s on 5GHz band that we saw
the fastest speed. While connecting with WNDR4500 by using pre-installed Wi-Fi of
Centrino, we saw a 90Mbit/s-speed data transfer at 1m, 93.2Mbit/s at 10m and
16.7Mbit/s at 25m. These speeds are pretty good for an 802.11n router, but it’s
not special - the 802.11ac routers we saw such as Netgear R6300 and Asus
RT-AC66U reaching the same speed.
When performing a same test with WNDA3100 Wi-Fi
adaptor of Netgear, we saw with our own eyes a dramatically increase in speed
as the router transmitted the data at an incredible speed of 139.8Mbit/s in 1m,
139.8Mbit/s in 10m and 60.1Mbit/s in 25m. They were the best speed that we saw
from an 802.11n router, and this made WNDR4500 router become an indispensable
one for the busy offices where wires make them a mess and media enthusiasts who
don’t want to invest in an 802.11ac access point. We could play Full HD videos at
a distance of 25m and also jump back and forth quickly without having the
notable buffering problem. Witt Wi-Fi adaptor pre-installed through 2.4GHz
band, we can still see and move smoothly through 720p video, but 1080p video
has lag and stutter while playing and it takes us 4 seconds to buffer when we
move to another time in the video. The video which is being played from USB
drives is connected to one of the USB port of WNDR4500.
The connection to the USB is very easy. As
compared with other Netgear ReadyNAS routers, you just need to open the run
command and type ‘\\readyshare’. You can configure it for HTTP and FTP access,
and the media transfer from which is very easy. If you want to connect to a USB
printer, you will need to download Readyshare utility of Netgear and install it
on all the PCs that are going to share the printer. It lists any printer
available on your network - you just have to choose the printer you want and
click the connect command to use it as you are going to do with a locally
attached printer.
Despite the amazing features and operating
performance, WNDR4500 is not expensive. With $172.5, it’s an excellent choice
as compared with AVM Fritz!box 7390 which provides similar features. If you
want the best available operating performance of 802.11n, buy WNDR4500 and WNDA3100
Wi-Fi adaptor of Netgear.
Despite
the amazing features and operating performance, WNDR4500 is not expensive.
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Info
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Price: $172.5 (VAT included)
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Supplier: www..com
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Rating: 5/5
Technical
specs
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Wireless standard: 802.11n dual-band (450Mbit/s)
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Connectivity: 4 LAN 10/100/1000Mbit/s ports, 1 WAN port
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Feature: UPnP, QoS
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Size: 223x31x153
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Energy consumption: 5W activity
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Warranty: RTB 2 years
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