Product Name: Zyxel Prestige 2602HWL
Score Out Of 10: 10/10
Good Points: A well built and small size unit; tested for high performance; well known for superior quality in the networking industry; as a standard unit it has an integrated four port Ethernet switch, an 802.11g standard, 54Mbps speed and wireless interface; unique inbuilt hardware-based encryption accelerator.
Bad Points: A little awkward to use browser based interface; no packaged SIP service subscription.
What We Thought: Most people these days, no matter small business owners or individual professionals, want to enjoy the privileges of VoIP and remote office networking for different reasons. The Zyxel Prestige 2602HWL is a very efficient and easy to use device with all the goodness of VoIP enabled ADSL router technology. Zyxel is no doubt one of the most popular names around the world when it comes to computer hardware and especially routers. The Zyxel Prestige 2602HWL router is feature filled, wireless router with two concurrent SIP phone connection compatibility, meaningful inspection firewall, and hardware based encryption accelerator.
As you know a very few wireless routers have hardware based encryption accelerator which is capable of supporting up to 20 IPSec remote access tunnels. The entire unit is easy to set up, configure and running which make it a perfect choice for small business owners and home users alike. For different connectivity options and needs, it has many connectivity cables, ports, such as UTP cable, a lead to connect the router to the ADSL like, adapters etc. The only thing which is lacking in this wireless router unit is packaged SIP service like Draytek and Zoom devices, but it should be an issues as you can use Free World Dialup or Sipgate along with other free or paid services.
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