Home wireless Internet connections have become affordable to almost anyone, the main reason for this situation being the continuous development of the technology behind them. Thus, there are more and more people who can afford working from the comfort of their own home. For those users, the market is full of products that can offer them support for an easier and faster connection to the Internet highway. Zyxel is one of the leading networking product manufacturer and their product range can offer support to both home and business users.



One of their home networking products is the wireless access point dubbed NWA570N. The difference between this product and any other similar ones is that it features a newly implemented technology which allows faster connections to the wireless network. Wireless Internet connection is more convenient as it offers a more easy to use connection, without the need of undesired cables. The only problem with wireless technology is that until recently it offered rather slow transfer rates.



The IEEE 802.11n Draft technology which is featured in the Zyxel NWA570N wireless access point can ensure the users with date rates that can reach a maximum of 300Mbps. For those that already use or have used the 802.11g and 802.11b standards, the 300Mbps is a considerable change. Besides the higher transfer rates achieved by the new technology, Zyxel NWA570N can deal with up to 4 times more coverage compared to the 802.11g devices. The access point is equipped with three external detachable antennas.



Wireless access points are meant to offer a simple easy to use connection to a local area network, and that is why the NWA570N AP offers some pretty interesting features. Security is always important with wireless technology, this being an important issue for any type of Internet connection. Besides the standard 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption, the NWA570N access point offers 802.1x authentication and Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK).



The Zyxel NWA570N Wireless Access Point is relatively new to the market, as it was released in January 2008.