The former sets up the network, the latter lets your PC tap into it

Dec 4, 2013 09:32 GMT  ·  By

Another week, another dual-band router has made its appearance, only this time it's not alone, and it's not overpowered (and, thus, overly expensive) either. Sitecom is the provider. The short version is that Sitecom has formally introduced the WLR-5002 Wi-Fi Dual-Band Router AC750, as well as the WLA-3100 Wi-Fi Adapter AC600.

The long version is an epic tale of technical specifications, press images and mentions of information that does not exist at this time.

Jokes aside, though, there definitely are some things that people looking to set up a good wireless network will be interested in.

We'll get the router out of the way first, since it's the only one of the two products that is actually needed for a Wi-Fi network.

The WLR-5002 Wi-Fi Router AC750 communicates over both the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz bands, at 300 Mbps and 450 Mbps, respectively.

That's a standard performance as far as these things go, though still pretty high, even if it doesn't compare to some of those 1,750 Mbps monsters we encountered in the recent past.

That said, there are four Gigabit Ethernet ports as well, plus a USB 2.0 port that lets you connect printers, scanners or webcams, for everyone to share.

Compared to the router, the WLA-3100 Wi-Fi Adapter AC600 (basically a USB receiver for PCs) is peculiar, because it takes an odd approach to performance. While the 5 GHz band does pick up 450 Mbps speeds, the 2.4 GHz only managed 150 Mbps.

On the bright side, the OPS button (One-Push-Setup) on the adapter allows users to create secure, separate connections with each wireless frequency band.

Neither the WLR-5002 Wi-Fi Router AC750 nor the WLA-3100 Wi-Fi Adapter AC600 has been priced yet, despite supposedly being up for order already.