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Belkin unleashes eight new networking products

by on11 July 2008

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WiFi and Powerline products

Belkin has announced a massive new range of wireless networking products as well as some new power line networking products. We'll try to summarize what's on offer here, but we suggest visiting Belkin's website for more in-depth information.

First up we have the new N+ Wireless Router which features not only support for 802.11 N draft 2.0 support, but also a Gigabit Ethernet switch and a USB port for adding a USB storage device to your network. To go with the router, Belkin also announced the N+ Wireless USB adapter, both featuring Belkin's latest vertical design.

There are also three other new routers, although they just feature the new vertical design. The models are the N Wireless Router, the G+ MIMO Wireless Router and the G Wireless Router. All the new models appear to be cheaper or as cheap as their old horizontal counterparts.

Finally we have a trio of Powerline starter kits, the first one, the Powerline AV+ starter kit, comes with one single port and one triple port adapter, which is ideal if your broadband modem is located in a different part of your house than your computers, although at 200Mbit, this is still not as good as wiring up your place with some Ethernet cabling if you're looking for the ultimate in speed, but it's a much easier solution.

The Powerline AV starter kit also supports 200Mbit, but comes with two single port adapters, while the Powerline starter kit is limited to 85Mbit and again comes with two single port adapters.

Price wise, the new N+ Wireless Router is going for US$119.99, with the N+ Wireless USB adapter at a steep US$79.99, the N Wireless Router is priced at US$79.99, the G+ MIMO Wireless Router at US$59.99 and finally the G Wireless Router will set you back US$39.99. The wireless routers will be available in October in the US, with the rest of the world following after that.

The Powerline products starts at US$179.99 for the Powerline AV+ starter kit, with the Powerline AV starter kit coming in at US$149.99 and finally the Powerline starter kit is US$99.99. These products will also be available from October in the US, Canada and Europe, although the Powerline AV+ starter kit doesn't appear to be making it to Europe.

You can find out more details at Belkin's website

Last modified on 11 July 2008
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