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D-Link introduces its latest dual-band router, the Xtreme N Duo Media Router, known as DIR-855. The DIR-855 left a lasting impression on reviewers with its performance.
This is a dual-band N router; both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands can be used simultaneously.
The router is filled to the brim with features and, as far as performance goes, it flies. It's a router designed for the home, but we would venture to state that it would suit any SOHO or small business just fine.
The DIR-855 is optimized for high-definition video streaming. Indeed, some performance benchmarks prove that this is one fast router. Doing throughput testing using Ixia's IxChariot, we received a rate of 20 Mbps at the 2.4GHz band and an impressive 37 Mbps at the 5GHz band. The router was stationed about 20 feet away from the testing area.
Consider the throughput rates of the DIR-855, which is really a consumer router, as compared to the rates we received a year ago during testing of enterprise wireless N access points. Wireless N was still in its undrafted, infancy stage and the rates we saw from enterprise-class access points were not that far above those of the throughput rates we got from the...