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Interestingly, even though the router supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), it’s disabled by default, so you can’t just push the Reset/WPS button to connect.

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The router arrives with wireless security enabled with a default password of password.

Medialink 300n router pdf#

In fact, the only files on the CD are PDF files for the quick installation guide (QIG) and the user manual along with Adobe Acrobat reader installation files. The MWN-WAPR300N ships with a CD, but you don’t really need it to set up the router. Like many other N300 routers, there are no external antennas. Press and hold the button for 7 seconds to restore the MWN-WAPR300N to factory defaults.

The single pushbutton is used for two functions: Push it for 1 second, and it starts a WPS session (if enabled in the UI). The rear panel has color-coded 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports and a power jack.

Indicators that should have been dark (eg, no LAN connection) were still dimly illuminated from adjacent LEDs My only complaint with the indicators is that the light pipes that move the light from the PCB mounted LEDs to the top panel don’t seem very well isolated. (But how many people connect at 10 Mbps?) There are individual power and system indicators as well as the wireless network (WLAN) and WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). Unfortunately, the LEDs are single color, so there’s no link rate indicator. The MWN-WAPR300N has link and activity indicators for the WAN and the four 10/100 Mbps LAN ports. Medialink MWN-WAPR300N Front Panel LED Indicators 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.