Ruckus Wireless teams with Slim for 2825 MediaFlex router

Sure, your standard old WiFi router might serve up the internets with little hesitation, and should work just fine with the 802.11b/g Squeezebox, but if you want to crank your multimedia streaming chops up a notch, Slim Devices has teamed up with Ruckus Wireless to build a new MediaFlex multimedia router that does your generic box one better. The router includes fancy tech that purportedly will deliver "longer range and unprecedented Wi-Fi stability by directing signals over the best path through the air at any given time." We can't be certain of how these magiks are performed, but we've got a photo of their special antenna, which can be viewed after the break. The 2825 MediaFlex router is also designed to prioritize audio streaming over other traffic, so you should get a steady stream, no matter what interference or BitTorrent action may come. If you've got the smarts, and Squeezebox isn't your game, it's also possible to set video streams as a top priority, or even data if you're a torrent fiend. All of this is to ensure you can keep your media streams hic-up free, which can sometimes be rather difficult with normal WiFi routers, though it's your call as to whether to problem warrants a specialized $159 router. The MediaFlex is available now by its lonesome or as a bundle with a Squeezebox .

[Devin @ Oct 12th 2006 10:14PM]

odd looking device. i say that when i probably will be picking this up asap.

[Matt Errend @ Oct 28th 2006 1:14PM]

It's not that hard to get a high-gain antenna for a standard router, and set up QoS for certain traffic.

[Matt @ Oct 12th 2006 10:19PM]

It's not that hard to set up QoS on a standard router...

[David @ Oct 13th 2006 6:19AM]

Is it just me, or is that thing missing a clearly marked WAN port?
Maybe its not really a router, but a AP+Switch?

[pilothaz @ Oct 13th 2006 7:59AM]

The Wan port would be the one on the Right. You would usually be able to tell.

[pilothaz @ Oct 13th 2006 8:00AM]

Sorry didn't see the number on the original pic.

[Kevin @ Oct 13th 2006 8:10AM]

The one in the top picture is different from the ones below. The top one looks just to be a Access point, the lower a router.

[schalliol @ Oct 13th 2006 8:28AM]

...or you could just use 10/100 for the access point.

[david callisch @ Oct 13th 2006 8:24AM]

The right two ports can be used as WAN ports. This is a full blown router with NAT, DHCP, SNMP, TCP port forwarding support, etc. Our QoS is a superset of W802.11e providing four-queues (video, voice, data, background) for each station....and we're able to prioritize traffic within each queue.

[tsunamii @ Oct 13th 2006 8:42AM]

Matt, I tend to agree with you. Not a bad choice if I was going to drop somthing in a friends or families place but ill stick with my pix...

[Jared Hayes @ Oct 13th 2006 11:33AM]

We've been beta testing these for my companies IPTV service. They seem to work great.

[John D @ Oct 13th 2006 9:26PM]

It appears from the unique design that it is also possible to dry your nail polish with this router.

[Bryan @ Oct 14th 2006 12:11PM]

Available Where? I can't find it for sale anywhere

[sockatume @ Oct 14th 2006 7:15PM]

"directing signals over the best path through the air at any given time"? The fuck? Does it make them go along, up my chimney, and then turn the corner out the fireplace to my wireless adaptor?

Just say NO to technologically illiterate marketing departments.