D-Link has begun shipping the Draft 802.11n Xtreme N Gaming Router (DGL-4500), their latest generation of router optimized for onlline gaming. As the name indicates, the router works on the 802.11n standard, but is backwards compatible with 802.11 a/g/b. The device allows gamers to choose the 2.4GHz or 5GHz band, while prioritizing the amount of bandwidth devoted to game traffic over data, VoIP, media or e-mail via an updated GameFuel engine.
An OLED display gives users real-time data on Internet, LAN and WAN settings, among others. For security, the router supports WPA and WPA-2 and includes NAT, SPI and VPN Pass-Through/Multi-sessions firewall features. The device sports four gigabit LAN ports, one gigabit WAN port, a USB port (for Windows Connect Now) and three external reverse SMA dual band antennas.
The DGL-4500 is available now from select D-Link retailers for $239.99, and will be available soon from resellers, distributors and the D-Link online store.
Nice! Is this thing xBox certified? I’d hate to drop $250 on a router only to find out that I can’t get an open NAT type.
JD, according to the original press release, it works with both xBox and PlayStation.