Wireless-N ADSL2+ Gateway

Do More, Faster

Enjoy fast wireless connectivity for your home or home office. The Wireless N ADSL2+ Gateway is designed to deliver plenty of speed and coverage, so large groups of users can go online, transfer large files, print, and stream stored media Â? all at once, all without wires. The built-in high-speed ADSL2+ Modem gives you a fast, “Always On” connection to the Internet. Easy to use and set up.

Wireless-N Power

The speed and bandwidth of Wireless-N, todayÂ?s most advanced wireless technology, makes it easy for multiple users to share Internet access, files and printing. Enjoy media-intensive activities like gaming, video and Voice-over-IP phone calls Â? all at once, with less lag and performance degradation. Achieves faster speeds when used with Wireless-N enabled devices, but is fully compatible with Wireless-G and -B equipment.

Reliable Coverage

Experience coverage you can count on, all around your home. Wireless-NÂ?s Multiple in, Multiple Out MIMO technology actually uses the signal reflections that confuse ordinary wireless technologies to boost range and reduce dead spots.

Connect to More

Four 10/100 Ethernet ports let you connect printers, networked storage drives, and other Ethernet-enabled devices to your network, so you can access and share them wirelessly from all your computers at once. No need to trade cables, or wait for someone else to finish their work before you do yours.

Advanced Security

Advanced wireless security and SPI firewall protection designed to help safeguard your home network and computers from most Internet attacks.

WAG160N Detailed Features

Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem-Router

The Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem-Router is the heart of your home network.  The built-in ADSL2+ modem plugs directly into your Internet connection, while the router function connects your computers, game consoles, and other network-enabled devices together and to the Internet either directly hard-wired or through high-speed wireless*.  This easy-to-use device has the features you need to set up a versatile, fast, and security conscious network in your home.

Fast and Far

Wireless Speed and Range
The Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem-Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N.  By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N’s “Multiple In, Multiple Out” (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate.

• Wireless-N technology for robust speed and range, and more complete coverage throughout your home
• Great for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and Voice over IP telephony
• Also connects to Wireless-G or -B devices
• Double Channel Width mode doubles the throughput
• Specially designed internal antennas provide great range in an attractive, sleek case that looks good in any room, on a shelf or wall-mounted

Fast Wired Connections
The Modem-Router also provides connections for 4 directly-wired network devices.  You’ll get fast file transfers to network storage devices, printers, and other wired network devices.

On-time delivery with QoS
And, to deliver your time-sensitive Internet traffic efficiently, the Modem-Router features Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities.  QoS tells your network to give priority to packets in time-sensitive streams like Voice (VoIP) or media (audio or video), so that these types of applications can deliver less garbled conversations and smoother digital video.

• Prioritize applications:
  • MSN Messenger, Skype, or Yahoo! Messenger
  • Many popular online game presets, or add your own
  • Or prioritize devices by MAC address, specific Ethernet port, or specific Voice device
  • Also supports Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) for automatic prioritization of voice and video streams

Safe and Sound

Wireless Security
To help protect your data and privacy, the Modem-Router can encrypt all wireless transmissions with the latest industrial-strength 128-bit encryption.

• Choose the wireless security of WEP, WPA Personal or Enterprise, WPA2 Personal, Enterprise, or Mixed, or RADIUS
• Prevent or permit specific wireless devices from accessing the network by listing their MAC address
• Wi-Fi Protected SetupÂ? support for WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) wireless connections at the push of a button

Internet Security
The Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem-Router has a powerful SPI firewall to help protect you against intruders and most known Internet attacks.  The Modem-Router also features filters that let you deny specific types of Internet requests, and block certain application types.

• NAT (Network Address Translation) helps prevent your local network and its devices from being “seen” from the Internet
• SPI Firewall blocks un-asked-for Internet traffic
• Port Forwarding and DMZ allow controlled access to your network resources from the Internet

Access Controls for Parents
Of growing concern for parents is the amount and type of Internet access their families have.  The Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem-Router can help.  Parents can create policies for each PC in the house, to control access by time and day, specific website, keyword, protocols, or applications.

• For each PC in the house:
• Specify Internet availability by time and day of the week
• Block specific websites by web address or categories keyword
• Block specific Internet protocols like FTP, POP3, IMAP, or SMTP
• Block specific applications, like online games, by communication ports used

User Friendly

Easy to Set Up
The included Cisco Setup Wizard software runs on both Windows and Mac, and walks you step-by-step through the initial setup of the Modem-Router with clear illustrations and jargon-free language.

Easy to Use
But with all this power and all these features, you might expect that the Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem-Router requires a networking genius to maintain and use.  Fortunately, it comes with one, right in the box: Network Magic Essentials (Windows only).

• Helps connect devices and sets up sharing for printers and files
• Monitors and helps troubleshoot your network
• Visualize your network with Network Map
• Parental Controls: Monitor and restrict Internet activity

The Heart of Your Network

With the Linksys Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem-Router at the center of your home or office network, you can connect to a high-speed Internet connection, share web access, files, printers, and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications, both wired and wirelessly!

Tech Specs