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Amped Wireless R20000G High Power Wireless N Router Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

2012-06-27
welcome to my unboxing of a pretty cool product this is the amped Wireless high power Wireless n 600 milliwatts dual band router the model numbers actually are 20,000 G designed in the US by ant Wireless so what is amped Wireless well it's a dual band router which allows you to share your broadband internet connectivity wirelessly over extreme distances very cool for high power amplifiers and too high gain antennas provide wall penetrating Wi-Fi so this is a penetrating router simultaneous 2.4 gigahertz and 5.0 gigahertz and 600 dual band Wi-Fi speed suit is a simultaneous penetrating router we also have a diagram of how it might be set up including a label of the broadband modem which is goes in sort of like here and then the wired connectivity that you have here your low range you know this here and then your high range this that goes like clear outside of the building that they have diagrammed here so what is this ideal for up to 10,000 square feet so this should in theory cover an entire large residential property with usable wireless signal very cool I great for large homes offices and apparently even outside 2.4 / 5 gigahertz dual band okay range increase guarantee and you can use a QR code to see their range increased guarantee free Wi-Fi analytics tool available in the Android Market that's kind of cool as well although there are free Wi-Fi analytics tools they have three models so the differentiation generally comes down to you know I think one of them doesn't have gigabit actually worth it okay was this the good diagram I don't know yeah basically it comes down to speed they're all powerful they're not all dual-band and then I think one of them doesn't have gigabit ports yeah so that's the main thing right over here you know let's start getting it open first before we spend too much more time on the outside of the box the key features extreme range ultra powerful guest networks create up to four guest Wi-Fi networks which is a lot more relevant when you can transmit your Wi-Fi signal over 10,000 square feet with your entire building Wi-Fi coverage control you can adjust the distance of your wireless network to make sure that it's not going further than you wanted to parental / security features look it's small - cool Oh apparently this comes pre-wired no way so instead of including a setup guide which quite frankly you know has been done to death they just connected for you how do you nee sorry moving right along it has QoS so quality service prioritizing your bandwidth to eliminate leg for games VoIP and streaming gigabit networking powerful processor for faster wired and wireless networking yes the processor in your router does make a difference there's more to it than just specs and features USB storage support so you can share files from USB storage device that is only for the high end one as well if I recall correctly USB port yep there it is and the dual band USB and just sort of general awesomeness ok so let's have a look at the way that they set this up so I thought this was like you know I thought this was like a special thing that they're doing because it's like an immediate unit but here you go connect to pc connect to modem this is so simple that my mum could do it and they even include two different colors so like there's no way to screw it up in fact I'm willing to bet they even just say like plug the blue one into the thing from your internet service for that's awesome ok well since we're already doing this anyway why don't we cover the rest of the unit itself before we go into the documentation that's something that's about a couple things that alright let's say attach the antenna before connecting the power adapter to this device ok so you want the antennas on here before you actually turn it on okay that's good to know on the back of it we've got our okay I'm just gonna move these because they're sort of in my way right now but I still think it's cool ha power to antennas gigabit ethernet modem port WPS so quick setup reset switch and USB for storage soft touch finish on the top as well as ventilation which I'm sure it needs more than most routers do too high-power nature of it on the bottom we find yeah all of your factory default settings BAM IP address web login login and password SSID security key everything right there on the bottom very convenient because normally I would actually write it all out and put it to the bottom myself lots of ventilation holes again on the bottom of the unit as well as here at the back of the top and right on the top of it okay so this is a setup guide which they want you to read first imagine that stop thank you for purchasing purchasing this amped Wireless product use the back of this form to check the contents of the package record configuration settings look at that you can write it down and put it somewhere else too so they make it very convenient for you very neat if anything's missing in the package please contact us immediately here is your set-up guide which they want you to read first it isn't color and it is extremely long okay just act and powerful well look at this look how complete this is they even include the steps for getting rid of your old one which I don't think I've ever seen in a setup guide before and your web browser welcome to the smart setup wizard connect your internet connection configure your this and that moving right along to the back how to connect wirelessly to the high power writer so how to set up the router how to connect to it including different operating systems and and like the one touch setup this is really cool how to share USB storage devices troubleshooting tips problems and solutions very very thorough love it Wi-Fi analytics tool so there's your free download meet seeking shows you Wi-Fi scanner to premiere by networks channel graphed playing the numbers on the channel numbers so that you can select the right channels with the least interference channel interference analyzer signal graph and signal meter very cool and finally a CD that does all that no away check this out this CD is not required for setup BAM but it does include an insta video which was very neat on the back so they talked performance comparison standard Wi-Fi router Wow high powered dual band router and standard Wi-Fi router output Wow this router output so standard Wi-Fi router antennas wow this router so they're really emphasizing this whole like uber high power thing and I can see why they would because personally I'm far more excited about this than I am about things like range extenders because yes I need more wireless coverage but I don't necessarily want the hassle of a bunch of more devices so this is very cool I dropped the thing thank you for checking out my unboxing the first look at the amped Wireless dual band gigabit high powered router don't forget to subscribe Cline's tech tips from our boxing's reviews and other computer videos where i drop stuff
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