![]() Within the 5 GHz frequency are two different bands – but instead of calling the router a “tri-band” router like other vendors, it refers to this as Tri-Stream technology, which is more realistic and avoids the marketing BS. The inside of the router features a 1.8 GHz dual-core CPU and 512MB of RAM, which helps boost the speeds over the wireless frequencies – both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. ![]() The back of the Linksys WRT3200ACM router features 4 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, USB 3.0 port, eSATA port and connection to a broadband modem. The router takes the more traditional shape and size of Wi-Fi routers – it has four antenna pieces that you screw in (one on each side, two in the back), along with the traditional Internet WAN port, four Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, one USB 3.0 port and an eSATA port for connecting additional devices or storage. Their latest Wi-Fi router is the WRT3200ACM AC3200 MU-MIMO Gigabit Wi-Fi Router, and we were lucky enough to take it out for a spin. OK, maybe that last metaphor is a stretch – Linksys is not the old guy yelling at the millennials, but this company is still considered one of the major players in the home Wi-Fi space, even if they don’t have a bunch of tiny, shiny new mesh units to speak of (at least yet). You want to just get up and scream, “Hey, new kids! Get off my damn lawn!” Then along comes a wave of new products with wireless mesh capabilities, fancy mobile device apps and a whole bunch of media love. ![]() You’ve been bought and sold a few times to a bunch of different companies (including Cisco), but you’re still plugging away, creating new wireless routers for home users. Imagine that you’re Linksys – you’ve been in the home wireless space for decades, even before the term Wi-Fi was created.
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