Linksys E2500 - Standard and 5 GHz

Linksys E2500 is designed for large homes and offices. As provided by the manufacturer - has become unsuitable for streaming media, web browsing, and "use several applications at once." We checked how these promises are to reality.

From the lower models - E1200 and E1500, is it different service frequency of 5 GHz. Almost all the rest were unchanged. There we have so stumegabitowe four LAN ports, one WAN and nothing more. Unfortunately, no USB port, you'll find it only in the higher series models E. Although some photographs on this website may be due to different manufacturer, the device is equipped with a power switch, located on the right of the outlet. On the left you will find the WPS button, and further the already mentioned LAN and WAN ports. There are also LED indicates power on, the only addition to these integrated network ports. When it comes to looks, the whole construction is very economical, but by the aesthetic.

During the tests it turned out that the equipment is more refined than the model E1500 software and is not burdened with the problems with wireless transmission, on the contrary - is doing quite well. Connections with 802.11g cards are stable and reach a decent transfers, similar 802.11n cards in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz. It is true that in terms of speed obtained E2500 can not compete with devices equipped with Gigabit LAN ports, it is among the "hundreds" falls well. Results in 5 GHz band, also at larger distances are clearly better than in 2.4, but not for Centrino 2 In this case, are slightly lower.

At small distances for 2.4 and 5 GHz we obtained respectively 85 and 101 Mb / s At larger distances, these values ​​drop to 50 and 64 Mb / s As you can see they are not fantastic, but the basic tasks - is sufficient.

With streaming media, you should not be a problem. These measurements refer to a situation where the network operates in only one client. If you get a second, connected wirelessly, the computer then the matter is not so obvious.

While in the 2.4 GHz total transfer rate is even slightly higher than in the case of one client, while in the 5 GHz is about 25 Mb / s lower and amounts to less than 70 Mb / s (divided into two recipients). In some cases it might be insufficient.