MSI Wireless Starter Kit vs NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router

Comparison of Wireless Starter Kit, RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router

28 specifications	A MSI Wireless Starter KitView product	B NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N RouterView product
Wireless LAN featuresidentical
Channels quantityKnown for one	13 channels	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Networking standardsKnown for one	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Supports ISDN connection	No	No
VPN supportKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Protocolsidentical
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
Indication lightKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Certificatesidentical
CertificationKnown for one	FCC, CE	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	10 - 90%	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 40 °C	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista	Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, Mac OS, UNIX, Linux
Frequency rangeKnown for one	2400 - 2483.5 MHz	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Indoor rangeKnown for one	100m	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum data transfer rateDiffers	54 Gbit/s	0.3 Gbit/s
Outdoor rangeKnown for one	300m	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power requirementsKnown for one	9V @ 0.8A	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported data transfer ratesKnown for one	48/36/24/18/12/11/9/6/5.5/3/2/1 Mbit/s	—Unknown — not stated by the source
xDSL connection	No	No
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	153 x 223 x 31 mm
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	-Internet Explorer 5.0/Netscape 4.7
Networking featuresKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	802.11n/802.11a, 802.11g/ 802.11b
Securityidentical
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Network address translation (NAT)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	500 g

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