The Best Long Range Router

The best long range router is undoubtedly a wireless N router. Anyone who hasn't already upgraded will be impressed by the increased range, but also the greater stability of these routers. They operate over the 5 GHz frequency, which is far less crowded than the 2.4Ghz band used by 802.11g routers, cordless phones and many other devices.

But there is a catch. Lower frequencies are better able to penetrate solid obstructions such as brick and concrete walls. This has lead many people to believe that N mode routers are not excellent long range routers, which isn't true. The solution is to take great care in locating the router and secondly to use a dual band 802.11n router. The absolute best of these is the Belkin N600 Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router .

Belkin makes excellent routers that are easily set up and well documented. The dual band capability means this router will concurrently support both 802.11g and 802.11n bands independently and concurrently. They can be scheduled to achieve the best performance across a mixed bag of new and old devices.

As addicted users of a Skype wireless phone we are particularly impressed by the ability to maintain a conversation not only from every room in the house, but also from anywhere in our yard. We rarely experience a dropped call or deterioration in voice quality. That's probably a consequence of the Intelligent QoS Prioritization Technology employed by the N600. It splits wireless traffic into separate streams and gives priority to those with greater sensitivity such as voice and streaming video. The N600 is easily the best Skype router currently available. It could only be improved if Belkin got together with Skype and embedded its software in the router.

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