Product : - Zyxel Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless AC1750 Media Router (NBG6716)

Summary :- AC1750 class router with Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports and Qualcomm StreamBoost bandwidth shaping

Pros :- • Easy CD-less wireless setup
• Gigabit LAN ports
• Hardware radio on/off switch

Cons :- No printer sharing on USB ports
          • No USB 3.0 ports (has 2 USB 2.0 ports)
          • No IPv6 support
          • Not Wi-Fi Certified
          • Lacks WAN support for PPTP or L2TP WAN connections
          • Poor routing performance
          • Relatively poor 2.4 GHz performance

Introduction

In this review, we’ll be looking at an AC1750 class router from ZyXEL. The name of ZyXEL’s NBG6716, “Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless AC1750 HD Media Router”, provides a fairly accurate description of the product’s capabilities.

Priced at $149, the NBG6716 is ZyXEL’s top-of-the-line model. It features two USB 2.0 ports for file sharing, has a built-in DLNA server to stream media content and uses Qualcomm Atheros’ StreamBoost technology for bandwidth-shaping to provide jitter-free video content. If you’re interested in other ZyXEL routers, the chart below from their website provides a quick comparison of capabilities.