Belkin N750 Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router

Specifications

Device Type

Router

Networking Options

802.11n (2.4+5 GHz Dualband)

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Belkin's N750 Wireless Dual Band N+ Router ($129.99) has some improvements over the last Belkin router I reviewed, the Wireless Play Max Router. The N750 has much better throughput than the Play Max and is still well-stocked with features, plus it has a cool, unusual new look. On the other hand I don't like the fact that Belkin still insists on not equipping LAN ports with LEDs, making troubleshooting connectivity issues trickier. I also ran into some software issues while testing.

These problems unfortunately detract from the great strides in engineering made represented in the N750.

Design and Specs
Belkin has re-vamped its router design since the Play Max. The N750 is the oddest-looking router I've ever seen; one of my fellow analysts observed it resembled a shark's fin. The router stands upright, and the sides slightly bulge. The design does limit positioning of the router, which must stand upright?it can't be placed horizontally.

The Play Max's single large LED front panel is replaced on the N750 by a thinner LED?which indicates if the Internet connection is live. The front also houses a WPS setup button.

The chassis' look is not just a design whim. The shape supports multibeam antennas that maximize the MIMO sphere and coverage. The router's convex shape creates an apple-shaped pattern, as opposed to the traditional donut pattern emitted by most MIMO antennas.

According to Belkin, this design specifically orients and polarizes the multibeam antennas to provide coverage in all directions.

The N750 has a 3x3 antenna configuration, and it transmits on all three streams simultaneously. The router also has a hardware spec unfamiliar to me?hardware-based NAT. Network Address Translation is implemented in the core chipsets to enable faster NAT speeds. This hardware-based NAT feature seems to be Belkin's own proprietary technology, as I have not seen it in other routers. The rear panel has four Gigabit Ethernet ports a WAN port, two USB ports and a reset button.

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