Buffalo pre-N AirStation Nfiniti reviewed

Not one to let a little thing like standards acceptance get in their way, Buffalo has forged ahead (like so many others) and released their pre-N router, the AirStation Nfiniti. In case you're wondering how it actually performs, the good folks at TrustedReviews got their hands on a unit to see if it lives up to Buffalo's claims. Which are indeed pretty impressive, touting 300 Mbps for dual channel products and a blazing 600 Mbps for products taking advantage of all four spatial data streams. Unfortunately, TrustedReviews found those numbers to be too good to be true, receiving a much more modest 75 Mbps under ideal conditions, and testing real world performance they found that drop further to 46 Mbps. Still not too shabby, but you'll have to decide if it's worth the $200 US price tag and potential obsolescence whenever the final 802.11n standard is actually ratified by the IEEE.

[Self-professed Motorola fan boy a.k.a. FNBY @ Jun 13th 2006 5:59AM]

Ugh! What is up with the product design of these 802.11n devices? Each new one is uglier than the last. Some of these product designers need to be introduced to the concept of Seppuku for their designs.

[Chris McDowell @ Jun 13th 2006 11:44AM]

Their all basically junk in a few years anyways because the n spec has not been set and it is unlikley that their all going to work with new n gear once it is a set standard.