Gigabyte has just releases world's first PCI desktop wireless routerIt is a card that you insert in your PC and transforms it into a wireless router, allowing you to share your broadband internet connection with other computers. You plug in your internet connection on it and all computers with wireless card on your home or office will hve internet connection. Also, it has a standard RJ45 port for you to connect it to a hub or switch (or even just anothe computer), allowing you to connect several computers to it using standard network cabling. Known as AirCruiser G or GN-BC01, here are its main features:
- Interoperability with 54Mbps (802.11g) and 11Mbps (802.11b) devices
- Single 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN port
- Full static & dynamic routing
- Built-in DHCP server
- 64/128-bit WEP encryption, 802.1x and WPA security
- UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
- Dynamic DNS, URL blocking and VPN pass-through support
- WDS bridging
- Comes with a 3 dBi antenna (usually wireless routers use a less powerfull 2 dBi antenna).
With a suggested price of US$ 62 for the north-american market, this procuct seems to be pretty interesting for SOHO users, as you can see on the picture below.
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/Gigabyte-Desktop-Wireless-Router/188
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