I-O Data's WN-GDN/R-S does the 802.11n thing

by Paul Miller, posted Nov 29th 2006 at 8:23PM

Now that we've finished drooling on I-O Data's new RHD2-U RAID, they've busted out an equally shiny -- if slightly less monolithic -- 802.11n router for Japan, the WN-GDN/R-S. The WN-GDN/CB PCMCIA card which accompanies the router appears to be a cardboard cutout in the picture above, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but the router sounds just fine, with a 130Mbps theoretical peak speed, plus all sorts of pretty acronyms like IPv, DMZ, UPnP, VPN and SPI. The router also includes a USB port, but there doesn't seem to be any related functionality, such as the insta-NAS capabilities of competing routers. We're not too hot for the pricetag either, at 30,975 yen (about $267 US) for the router and 12,075 yen (about $104 US) for the ~~slip of cardboard~~ laptop card, but we're sure the market will smooth those over before long.

Filed under: Wireless, Networking

Tags: 802.11n, i-o data, I-oData, router, wn-gdn/cb, wn-gdn/r-s

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Jeff @ Nov 29th 2006 8:56PM

So is it like, some sort of Moores' type law that we get an extra antenna for every new 802.11 revision?

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Bernard @ Nov 30th 2006 9:21PM

Looks pretty slick.

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