ZyXEL jumps into the Draft-n game with new MIMO router

Most of the big names have already busted out their own MIMO Draft-802.11n routers, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty of room for the minor players to give Draft-n a shot, and ZyXEL's new NBG-415N Wireless Broadband Router sounds like a decent offering from the Taiwan-based company. They're claiming speeds of up to 300mbps for the $160 unit, and they've got some "StreamEngine" tech from Ubicom to prioritize certain types of data. The router also packs a USB port for WCN connectivity of printers, media players and the like. We should be seeing this one near the end of the month, along with laptop (PCMCIA) and desktop (PCI) versions: the NWD-170N and NWD-370N which go for $100 and $120 respectively.

[Ahn Lam @ Oct 13th 2006 10:20PM]

I'm glad ZyXEL joined the game, I've got a ADSL 2 XyXEL wireless modem router and It's been working beautifully for 1 year now.

[engdgt.9.nikster @ Oct 15th 2006 8:22PM]

Same here, my Zyxel ADSL 2+ router has been working beautifully for one and a half years now. And this in difficult conditions with lots of power outages and DSL and phone outages. It always reconnects as soon as it can which is way better than many other brands of modems in my area.