ASUS is one of the biggest hardware and consumer electronics manufacturer worldwide, having products that can fit almost every aspect of your life. Their networking and wireless product range is various and can offer a serious of solutions for SOHO and medium size business environments. One such product comes in the form of a multifunctional wireless router. Dubbed WL-700gE, the product was released back in the first half of 2007.



Featuring a compact box shaped form, the WL-700gE router provides a single external wireless antenna. The device can offer a serious number of functions that sets it apart from your normal wireless router. As a matter of fact, you will be able to create your own small network using just the ASUS device. The special feature of the WL-700gE router is that it can be equipped with an internal IDE storage solution, which can be used as a network storage device. The internal HDD is what makes the ASUS router be 1.4kg heavy.



Connecting and installing the ASUS product is as easy as it can get. As soon as you unpack the product, all you need to do is to connect the router using a Ethernet UTP cable to a local computer where you have installed the provided software. As soon as you've done that you can push the EZ button, which will allow you the access to a easy setup mode. One feature that can easily be setup is dubbed Download Master and it practically provides support for downloading files of the internet while the PC is off. The router can support the download of 7 BitTorrent and 10 FTP/HTTP files simultaneously.



You can use the router as a FTP server, which can set up through a web-based interface. Accessing the FTP server can be done either through a wireless or wired network. The wireless standard that the WL-700gE router uses is IEEE 802.11 G, which can provide a maximum bandwidth of 54Mbps. The ASUS WL-700gE Wireless router can be acquired online for an approximate price tag of $240.