@scott Linksys' BEFSR41, their bread and butter wired router and most likely router to be purchased by Joe Sixpack: 10/100. Linksys' WRT150N, one of their Draft-N routers and certainly more expensive than a WRT54G: 10/100. Dlink's WBR-1310, a fairly run of the mill 802.11G router: Not clearly listed, but 802.3u means 10/100. Netgear's WGR614, another run of the mill 802.11g router: 10/100.
What I'm getting at here is that most modern routers DO NOT support gigabit ethernet, unless you're buying higher end network equipment. If you're just buying the standard unit for around $50-70, you're only getting 10/100. And you know what? That's fine. Gigabit ethernet won't provide a tangable difference for the common user. Where-as this product is blatently aimed at making the average person think "Oh, this way I can get the fastest wireless without buying that $120 router over there. What a deal!" But they don't even realize that their ethernet port isn't fast enough to match the access-point-with-a-pretty-name.
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How does one manage "300mbit" of throughput, when it connects via 100/10 Ethernet????
Read up on gigabit ethernet, most modern routers have this.
Actually it's because the stated wireless speeds are all BS. When they say 300Mbps, they mean a third to a half of that is your actual speed.
@scott
Linksys' BEFSR41, their bread and butter wired router and most likely router to be purchased by Joe Sixpack: 10/100.
Linksys' WRT150N, one of their Draft-N routers and certainly more expensive than a WRT54G: 10/100.
Dlink's WBR-1310, a fairly run of the mill 802.11G router: Not clearly listed, but 802.3u means 10/100.
Netgear's WGR614, another run of the mill 802.11g router: 10/100.
What I'm getting at here is that most modern routers DO NOT support gigabit ethernet, unless you're buying higher end network equipment. If you're just buying the standard unit for around $50-70, you're only getting 10/100. And you know what? That's fine. Gigabit ethernet won't provide a tangable difference for the common user. Where-as this product is blatently aimed at making the average person think "Oh, this way I can get the fastest wireless without buying that $120 router over there. What a deal!" But they don't even realize that their ethernet port isn't fast enough to match the access-point-with-a-pretty-name.
Intentional deception by hardware manufacturers.
My usb flash drive states 'Up to 480Mbps'.