Linksys has the WRT1200AC announced, a router that has two antennas and is lower priced than the faster WRT1900AC. In addition, Linksys is a Network Storage Bay, a storage system that the router can be coupled, and in which there is room for two hard drives.
The WRT1200AC is a dual-band router with a 1.3 GHz ARMv7 soc. On the 2.4 GHz band, and according to Linksys speeds to reach up to 400Mbit/s, while on the 5GHz frequency gross-up to 867Mbit/s. The router includes four gigabit ethernetaansluitingen, a usb 2.0 and a usb 3.0 input, and one esata connector.
The router is U.s. suggested retail price of 189 dollars or 158 euro, friendlier priced than the three antennas equipped WRT1900AC, which is 244 euro cost. The appearance, based on the classic WRT54G router in 2002, is largely the same.
In addition to the new WRT router is Linksys also with a nas device that listens to the name WRT Network Storage Bay. In the storage system can sata drives be placed up to a maximum of 8TB. The nas, which is the same design as the current WRT-routers, offers raid 1 mirroring and features a usb 3.0 and esata connection. The WRT Network Storage Bay 180 dollar costs converted about 150 euro.
Linksys announced at CES also the EA8500 router, a model with four antennas, and throughput rates up to 1733Mbit/s via 802.11 ac wi-fi. On the 2.4 GHz with the right wi-fi adapters speeds of up to 800Mbit/s can be achieved. The router also offers a usb 2.0, a usb 3.0 and an esata connector. The suggested retail price is 280 dollars, the euro 234 euro.