eco-friendly wireless router from D-Link
October 12, 2008 – 12:04 pm
Eco Friendly Wireless Routers
Freshly entering the ‘Go Green’ scene is D-link with its objective of offering green WiFi home-networking. The company claims that its eco-friendly initiative adds various features to its ‘Xtreme NT’ series of wireless routers, which can potentially reduce the power consumption to as much as 40% without affecting the performance.
This is achieved by cutting down the power usage requirements by automatic detection of link status and cable length. The power is dynamically adjusted depending upon these parameters. These new routers also support WiFi scheduling which allows the user to conveniently program the radio signals of WiFi and selectively turn them on or off to further maximize the power savings. Although this function is not radically new, the DLink design has made the programming procedures really simple to use.
The ‘Green’ line of router products include: DLink Xtreme N Duo Media Router, DLink Xtreme N Gigabit Router, DLink Xtreme Gaming Router. These products are made in compliance of WEEE and RoHS standards, which ensures that the end product is made of recyclable materials which can be disposed off easily as well as safe from anyhazardous materials.
Supporting IPv6 by default, these routers also offer great flexibility for routing the traffic. Price ranges from $150 to $350.