14 DAY TRIAL // Buffalo has been making wired and wireless connectivity solutions for years, so it is not that great a shock to learn that the outfit has developed yet another wireless router.
Though not quite on the same level of fame as other IT players, Buffalo is still one of those companies that have multiple business outlets.
One could even say that some of the areas it specializes in have little to nothing to do with each other.
Then again, even though there is little in common between hard disk drives and wireless connectivity devices, save, perhaps, portability and/or external use, the company doesn't seem to have suffered for it.
In fact, Buffalo was able to actually combine the two, despite how seldom this happens, into such things as the LinkStation LS-XLHDD.
In this instance, however, the outfit stuck to more standard designs when it built the BHR-4GRV, a wireless router.
It has full built-in support for VPN and will connect to compatible networks via the PPTP protocol, meaning that Apple's iPad and iPhones should be compatible with it.
VPN stands for virtual private networks but it isn't all that Buffalo managed to integrated into its latest electronic.
Indeed, there are four Ethernet ports available, one of which is compatible with the Gigabit Ethernet specification, meaning transfers of up to 1,000 Mbps.
Meanwhile, a single USB port can allow a printer to be shared across a whole network or be used for its more common purpose, that of linking up external storage devices.
As for design, Buffalo chose a fairly unassuming frame, although it still went to the trouble of throwing in a glossy black coating and a small stand that keeps the BHR-4GRV upright and out of the way.
Described in full here, Buffalo's router has the price of 6,300 yen, which the the rough equivalent of $80.