Netgear gets 802.11n draft 2.0 certified with RangeMax NEXT routers

Surely bitter after being one-upped by D-Link by a matter of hours (strictly in terms of time to press, of course), Netgear is still tooting its own horn over being the second to receive the Wi-Fi Alliance's 802.11n draft 2.0 certification. The firm's first two devices to include the newfangled seal are the RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router Gigabit Edition (WNR854T) and the RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router (WNR834B; seen after the break), both of which are fully backwards compatible with the slower flavors of 802.11. Thankfully, citizens who currently own a RangeMax NEXT 802.11n Draft 1.0 product can upgrade their device free of charge via a firmware download, and Netgear even proclaims that the rest of its Wireless-N products are "being tested" and should be up to snuff soon.

[Niklas Sundqvist @ Jun 30th 2007 8:17AM]

I have one of those routers (Gigabit edition) and my second just broke! If you just let it be there for a couple of months (with data flooding through without any problems) it just stops, and then it will never work again! Good work Netgear!

No, a simple reboot is Not working, not even factory reset, so don't try to noob-stamp me ;)

[Andrew @ Jun 30th 2007 9:46AM]

Where are the antennas?

[warp10 @ Jun 30th 2007 1:41PM]

Antennas are internal.

[Zacharias @ Jun 30th 2007 1:46PM]

I know it's not a fashion content, but I think Netgear's routers are the only router that can compete with the sleek-ness that is Airport. -Zacharias (http://bsgeek.com)

[michael @ Jun 30th 2007 5:41PM]

Uh, I don't want to be mean, but Netgears' routers are even better than Airport. I mean they're just so good. Comparing it to Airport is like a big no-no.

[Eri Chen @ Jul 1st 2007 3:49PM]

Please note that DLink had to retract back the press release for self proclaiming first to achieve Wi-Fi cert. Please visit their website for the new press release.
http://www.dlink.com/press/pr/?prid=341


All certification emails went out the same time from WiFi Alliance and DLink's hands were slapped.


thanks

-Som