Linksys WRT350N Manual Do Utilizador

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Chapter 1: Introduction

The Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link is really four devices in one box.  First, there's the Wireless 
Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires.  There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 
10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together.  The Router function ties it all together and lets 
your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. 

We've also included a Storage Link that lets you easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network using 
readily available USB 2.0 hard drives -- or plug in a USB flash disk for a convenient way to access your portable 
data files.  The built-in Media Server streams music, video, and photos from the attached storage device to any 
UPnP compatible media adapter.  And you can get to your files from anywhere in the world through the Internet.

The Access Point built into the Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 
802.11n).  By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO) technology 
multiplies the effective data rate.  Unlike ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal 
reflections, MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase the range and reduce "dead spots" in the wireless 
coverage area.  The robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections up to 4 times farther than 
standard Wireless-G.

With Wireless-N, the farther away you are, the more speed advantage you get.  It works great with standard 
Wireless-G and -B equipment, but when both ends of the wireless link are Wireless-N, the router can increase the 
throughput even more by using twice as much radio band, yielding speeds up to 12 times as fast as standard 
Wireless-G.  But unlike other speed-enhanced technologies, Wireless-N can dynamically enable this 
double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices, while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective 
fastest speeds.  In congested areas, the "good neighbor" mode ensures that the Router checks for other wireless 
devices in the area before gobbling up the radio band.

To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with industrial-strength 
256-bit encryption.  It can serve as your network's DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs 
against intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN pass-through.  Configuration is a snap with 
the web browser-based configuration utility.

The incredible speed of Wireless-N makes it ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, 
and Voice over IP telephony, and gives you plenty of headroom to run multiple media-intense data streams 
through the network at the same time, with no degradation in performance.  With the Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit 
Router with Storage Link at the center of your home or office network, you can easily add storage, share a high-
speed Internet connection, files, printers and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at faster 
than 10/100 wired network speeds, without the hassle of stringing wires!