FRONTPAGE ZyXEL X650 Router and AC240 Adapter Review

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Owning a wireless device of some sort has become commonplace in today's world. Whether that be a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or any other wireless device, the need for a fast and stable wireless network has never been more important.

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Nice review Lvcoyote! Looks like a pretty robust setup, pairing the adapter w/ the router... makes me want to get away from renting wireless from my ISP!

 

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Thx for the review!

Btw, 20MB/s would still be called a VERY good day where I live, common Internet speed here are more around 8-10MB/s

 

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is this or any ZyXEL router supported by ddwrt or openwrt?

 

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nice review Lvcoyote

 

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{PGA}AfterShock said:

is this or any ZyXEL router supported by ddwrt or openwrt?

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I didn't see the router listed in the ddwrt or openwrt databases, so I'd have to say the X650 is probably not supported at this time. openwrt did list a couple of ZyXEL routers, but not this one.

 

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thinking of trying AC wireless, only problem is im scared of it, wireless N never worked correctly for me. ever.

 

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looks good my new laptop i bought has been using wireless N flawlessly in the hospital i may have to look into this router for when i get shipped home in the next couple weeks. !!

 

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Where are the tests of the actual speed of the router? Any router can deliver 34mBits/s wirelessly. I would love to see results when transferring files over the air. Or anything that comes close to the 650mbits/s claimed. The speedtest you did show's it can transfer roughly 34mbits/s over the air, which doesn't really tell us if this router is worth buying for what it's intended for, transfer of data wirelessly up to 20 times times that load.

 

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Looks nice, my current N router keeps resetting itself for some odd reason so this would make a nice upgrade

 

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Time is running out to sign up for the giveaway, we'll announce the winner Monday morning September 16th! All you have to do is post in this thread to be entered, doesn't get much easier than that!

 

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Nice review!

 

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Looks good. I've been needing a new router myself. Maybe if I win or get one in the future I can finally get a local fileserver running.

 

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At the time of the drawing there were 13 posts in this thread, and Random.org spit out the winning post number for us!



That means {PGA}AfterShock is the winner of the ZyXel X650 router, congratulations!!! I'll send you a PM to arrange shipping.

Thanks to everyone who participated!