Actiontec MI424WR (GigE) - Manual

Model # MI424WR
GigE
MI424WR GigE
Router
Creative Solutions for the Digital Life ™
A
ctontec’s “Smart Home Gateway” packs in more features
and performance capabilities that any other broadband
wireless router on the market. It is the first device to feature
a dual-core, 64-bit processor, upgraded to include Wireless N
support, that allows it to support home networking speeds up to
1 Gbps (when equipped with Gigabit Ethernet interface) and
permits digital entertainment and information content to be
transmitted and distributed to multiple devices in the home.
A Powerhouse, Able to Stream
Multiple Videos Concurrently
The MI424WR Router sets a new industry standard for performance,
increasing service speeds up to 1 Gbps wired (with Gigabit
Ethernet interface) and 300 Mbps wireless, thanks to its new
802.11n wireless chipset. This allows the MI424WR Router to easily
meet the needs of today's increasingly sophisticated consumer
market. Able to support multiple value-added, bandwidth-intensive
applications, this broadband wireless router has become more
than just a simple router. It can handle multiple high-throughput
media streams simultaneously, including standard and HDTV-
based video programming and feed personal video recording
functionality from multiple HD set top boxes or other digital storage
devices to multiple TVs in the house. It can also administrate most
Internet activities including parental controls, online gaming,
music, live sports, children’s entertainment and on demand
movies. The Actiontec MI424WR Router also supports Ethernet
and Wi-Fi as well as coax networking, and it allows telcos to assign
bandwidth priorities for data, video on demand and voice over IP
traffic to ensure quality of service in triple and quad play
environments.
The Industry’s First Dual-core 64-bit Processor
Actiontec’s MI424WR router features an advanced hardware
design including an industry-first 64-bit, dual core processor. The
router’s 64-bit architecture provides a substantial performance
improvement over the 32-bit devices sold today. The MI424WR
router’s MIPS core offers further performance improvement and
additional instructions for networking applications reducing the
number of cycles needed for even greater CPU efficiency.
Additionally, the Actiontec MI424WR Router features hardware-
level Quality of Service (QoS) with eight input channels and eight
output channels. This innovative design frees the CPU for other
bandwidth needs, and ensures that providers can deliver multiple high
quality video streams without any dropped frames, frozen frames,
or other performance issues that can degrade IP video services.
Substantial Protection and Security
With all that data coming in, the security features had better be
first rate, and the Actiontec MI424WR Router doesn’t disappoint.
The MI424WR router ships with wireless encryption using WPA2
turned on by default. The MI424WR router offers enterprise-level
security, including a fully customizable firewall with Stateful
Packet Inspection, denial of service protection, and intrusion
detection to keep unwanted visitors from accessing the user’s
network. The Actiontec MI424WR Router also offers user-defined
site blocking by URL and keyword, the ability to customize filtering
policies for each computer, and user notification of attempted
access to restricted sites.
Simple Diagnostics to Identify Issues
As for reliability, the MI424WR router can nearly claim to "heal
itself." Using its new self-diagnostic ability, the Router reports
errors it uncovers and posts a Web note via the user's Internet
browser, which displays the problem's error code, a short description
of the problem, and clear steps about how to initiate a repair. If the
problem is too involved or technically arcane for the user to solve,
the Router provides a tech support number, so that the user can
speak to a technical expert who can then provide additional
assistance. Also, this self-diagnosis can be scheduled on a regular
basis by the user (at 2 a.m. daily, for instance), so that it doesn't
interfere during periods of high network activity.