Some other features include Dynamic DNS, Wake-on-LAN, and Quality of Service. You also get enterprise-level RADIUS security, supports up to four SSIDs on each band, and VPN pass-through. In any case, I tested the feature, it works, and it's kind of cool to see in a consumer router.
I'm not quite sure of the benefit for most home users, but network administrators often switch port settings when dealing with problems such as bad network wiring. You can set any of these port to run in Half-Duplex mode, which lowers their transmit rates from 1Gbps to 10 or 100Mbps. One example is the ability to switch the settings of the WAN and LAN ports. The feature set is robust the router is filled with configuration options I never see in consumer routers. If you have the wrong region set, you may be using the wrong wireless channel and as a result get poor wireless connectivity-or none at all. Why? Because different countries use different wireless channels. I had to switch it to United States/Canada. As I discovered with the N100RE, the A2004NS's default region is Europe. To finish installation, you set the SSID name for each band, the encryption level, and a passphrase. Read Our Netgear Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Smart WiFi Router (R7500) Review There's also a Reset button, as well as a USB 2.0 port for connecting external drives. Around back are a Gigabit WAN and four LAN ports. There isn't much in the way of adornment, save for a WPS switch on the front panel. Four tiny, blue LEDs glow inside a black, plastic inlay on top of the router. Its physical design is intriguing: It's perfectly flat with four external antennas that can fold down on top of the router. The A2004NS supports up to 300Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and up to 867Mbps at 5GHz. Its performance, however, is below average compared with that of other similarly priced routers with similar specs.
Totolink's router offers some truly business-class features that are rare in a consumer networking device (as is its relatively low price point for a dual-band 802.11ac router). The Totolink A2004NS AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router with USB Port ($129.58) is a very affordable 802.11ac router with an impressive number of configuration options. Some features require technical know-how.
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