The chart below summarizes the 9 LEDs and their functions. Many N300 routers have only a few LEDs on the front panel, but that’s not the case with the MWN-WAPR300N. Those of you who have read some of my other router reviews know that I’m a big fan of front panel indicators. I should note that we purchased our review sample from Amazon. Regardless of whether it’s #1, #3 or even in the top ten, we thought it would be interesting to see how the MWN-WAPR300N stacked up against better-known products. But as I put the finishing touches on this review, that honor now appears to be bestowed on TP-Link’s TL-WR841N. When this review was assigned, the MWN-WAPR300N carried Amazon’s #1 Best Seller (in Computer Routers) badge. Instead, you’re likely to find Mediabridge’s Medialink Wireless-N Broadband Router with Internal Antennas (300 Mbps) aka the MWN-WAPR300N. If you hit type 'wireless routers' into Amazon’s search box, you might be surprised to see that the product at the top of the page isn’t from Linksys, Belkin, NETGEAR, D-Link, etc. Consumer purchases still reflect this, with the majority of router purchases being simple single-band N300 or dual-band N600 products.

But the majority of wireless devices we all have are N150 or N300 class at best, with a good deal of 802.11g still in the mix. This new technology offers some pretty amazing performance. For most of this year, we have focused our wireless router reviews on AC class routers.

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