802.11n Linksys USB router

Published on Sunday, December 10, 2006 by N@

Linksys has announced that their WUSB300N USB wireless adapter based on the 802.11n draft specification is now available. USB is one of the easiest ways to add wireless connectivity to a standalone desktop, or to upgrade your speeds.

The WUSB300N 802.11n USB wireless adapter sits on your desk, catching the super fast “n” rays with its a giant blue paddle. The 802.11n standard draft delivers about eight times the throughput of current consumer-standard 802.11g networks and quadruple the range. Thankfully the sub-$100 device is backwards-compatible with the older standards.

Of course one thing to bear in mind is that this specification isn’t yet fully agreed, so you take a small risk that it could change sometime next year and any future 802.11n gear you buy could be incompatible, but by now I expect things won’t change too much or firmware upgrades will get the hardware up to speed.