D-Link Ships Half A Million Draft N Devices

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

D-Link has announced that its latest quarter saw sales of Draft N Wi-Fi equipment rise by a healthy 61% from the last Quareter of 2006 to first Quarter 2007 according numbers supplied to it by research firm In-Stat. In 2007, D-Link says it was first to market with the latest Draft 2.0 platform standard upgrades, the benchmark the industry has decided to go ahead with until the Standard can be ratified in another year or so. The 2.0 Draft is the specification being tested and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. "D-Link's milestone achievement of shipping its 500,000th Draft 802.11n product is a clear indication that the market is confident with the technology and the vendors who are providing it," said Norm Bogen, director of networking with In-Stat. "Sales worldwide are increasing at a healthy clip as more and more users enjoy the dramatically increased speeds and range that the Draft N products deliver to home and small business networks." "Reaching this milestone for Draft 11n product sales is an overwhelming indicator that the market is adopting this next evolution of wireless networking and recognising the benefits it provides," said Famularo. "We have the best assortment of 11n products on the market today and D-Link will continue to drive this momentum forward to meet the demand for this important advancement in wireless networking." D-Link is also laying claim to having the best performing devices after tests performed by octoScope, a Boston, U.S. consulting firm, which staged real-life home and office environmental test. According to octoScope, the Draft 802.11n equipment from several vendors was enabled with the most current software available from the vendors at the time of the tests. These following statements are provided by D-Link and no doubt form a subset of what the tests revealed. mobilised has not reviewed the test results. After short and long-range tests to verify the throughput and video performance of Draft 802.11n equipment octoScope concluded: "The measured data reveals that the D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router is the top performer in its 3x3 (antenna) class and across the board." Test results also noted "the DIR-655 will let you watch high-quality HDTV even at 150 feet (46m) since it maintains about 20 megabits (Mbps) of throughput at that distance." In addition, the report found that the D-Link DIR-625 RangeBooster N Router topped the 2x2 (antenna) categories in the home and office, producing an HDTV range of 180 feet (55m) in both settings. The video test was designed to demonstrate video prioritisation performance of three gigabit-capable routers chosen for evaluation: the D-Link DIR-655, the Linksys WRT350N and the Netgear WNR854T. All three feature Gigabit Ethernet local-area network (LAN) ports with sufficient bandwidth to support a multimedia server sourcing multiple video streams. "Among this group the D-Link DIR-655 came in first," the study concluded. "D-Link is committed to providing the optimal Draft 802.11n experience," said Maurice Famularo, Marketing Director, D-Link Australia & New Zealand. "octoScope's findings validate the hard work of the engineering and product design teams behind our Draft 11n solutions and are a welcome endorsement of our commitment to wireless networking leadership." Related news items New Flash Memeory Card Standard Coming -16/09/2007 Broadcom Enthusisam for 802.11n Wavers -06/09/2007 ASUS A686/696 GPS PDA -23/08/2007 True WiMAX Reaches Sydney and Melbourne -31/07/2007 Belkin's Docking Station For The Home -30/07/2007 Older news items Consumer Electronics Takes Interest In 802.11n -12/08/2007 D-Link Boosts Draft N Range -30/07/2007 Boingo Goes Flat On Global Roaming -26/06/2007 Wi-Fi Alliance Begins Draft-N Certification -25/06/2007 D-Link Routers To Make Sharing Easy -24/04/2007 Tag This Now: