ZyXEL NWA1100 Access Point

This access point has a compact design and comes with dual

antenna for better coverage. Also, PoE (Power over Ethernet) is a convenient

option as there is no need for a dedicated power point. NWA1100 is based on IEEE

802.11g standard. For any wireless network, security is a big concern. To secure

your wireless connectivity, NWA1100 comes with WEP, WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protection

Access ) and AES. To check performance of this access point we again carried out

two separate tests. We started by creating an isolated G network with one

machine connected to the access point via Ethernet wire and the other machine

wirelessly. In our first test, we checked TCP throughput using 1000 KB of

payload and it came out to be 22 Mbps, which is more than the results we got

with the three routers that we reviewed in August 2009 (their tests were also

carried out in a G network). In the second test, we transferred 50 MB of

heterogeneous data from one machine to the other, the time taken for this

transfer came out to be 33 seconds, lowest when compared to those three routers.

Bottomline: A

good choice if you do not intend switching to the 802.11n standard anytime soon.