Buyer's Guide - Enterprise Wireless Routers
| Vendor Name | Product | Approximate Price | Wireless Standard | Highest Throughput | WEP Key Encryption (64, 128, 256-bit) | MAC Address Filtering | Firewall | Traffic Management | VPN Tunnels | LAN Switches | WAN Ports | Management Interface | Bridge and/or Repeater Modes |
| 3Com | OfficeConnect ADSL Wireless 108 Mbps 11g Firewall Router | $120 | 802.11b/g | 108Mbps | 40, 64, 128-bit | Yes | Firewall with hacker pattern detection | Yes | No | 4 ´ 10/100 | No | Web, Syslog server support, SNMP v1/v2 agent support | No |
| Buffalo Technology | AirStation Wireless-A&G MIMO Performance* Router & Access Point | $100 | 802.11a/b/g | 108Mbps | 64, 128-bit | Yes | Network Address Translation (NAT)/Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall | Yes | PPTP, L2TP | 4 ´ 10/100 | 1 | Browser-based | No |
| Buffalo Technology | AirStation Wireless Nfiniti Dual Band Gigabit Router & Access Point | $300 | 802.11a/b/g/n | 300Mbps | 64, 128-bit | Yes | NAT/SPI firewall | Yes | PPTP, L2TP | 4 ´ 10/100/1000 | 1 | Browser-based | No |
| Cisco Systems | Aironet 1240AG | $500-$600 | 802.11a/b/g | 108Mbps | 40, 128-bit | No | No | No | No | None | No | Browser-based | No |
| Cisco Systems | 1800 Series: 1811 Integrated Services Router | $900-$1,100 | 802.11a/b/g | 40Mbps, 100Mbps | 40, 128-bit | Yes | Application Translation/Transparent and SPI firewall | Yes | No (Group Encrypted Transport VPN) | 8 x 10/100 | 2 ´ 10/100 | Browser-based GUI application | No |
| D-Link Systems | DFL-CPG310 | $500 | 802.11b/g (plus 108g) | 54Mbps (802.11g), 108Mbps (108g) | 64, 128-bit | Yes | SPI firewall | Yes | 25 concurrent | 4 ´ 10/100 + 2 ´ USB (print server) | 1 ´ 10/100 + 1 ´ 10/100 DMZ/WAN2 | Browser-based Command Line Interface (CLI) HTTPS remote management, SSH remote management | No |
| Netgear | ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point (WG102) | $150 | 802.11g | 108Mbps | n/a | Yes | No | No | Pass-through | None | 1 ´ 10/100 | SNMP, browser-based | Bridge and repeater modes |
| Netgear | ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point (WAG102) | $250 | 802.11a/g | 54Mbps (802.11a), 108Mbps (802.11g) | 64, 128, 152-bit | Yes | No | No | Pass-through | None | 3 ´ 10/100 | SNMP, browser-based | Bridge and repeater modes |
| Netgear | RangeMax NEXT Wireless Access Point (WN802T) | $170 | 802.11n | 300Mbps | 64, 128-bit | Yes | No | No | Pass-through | None | 1 ´ 10/100/1000 | Browser-based | No |
| Netopia | 3300 Business Series: 3347NWG-ENT | $300 | 802.11b/g | 54Mbps | 64, 128, 256-bit | Yes | SPI firewall | Yes | PPTP, L2TP, IPsec | 4 x 10/100, 1 DSL | No | Menu-driven or CLI interfaces | Yes |
| Nortel Networks | Business Access Point 120 | $500 | 802.11a/b/g | 54Mbps | 64, 128, 256-bit | Yes | No | Yes | No | No integrated wireline LAN | No | Browser-based GUI | Wireless Distribution System (WDS) bridge mode and repeater mode |
| 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)-compliant LAN port | Business Element Manager |