SMC2404WBR Barricade Turbo 11/22 Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router

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• Item Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006HMR5
• Item model number: SMC2404WBR
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 2, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Barricade Turbo 11/22 Mbps Auto-Sensing Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router (SMC2404WBR) is addition any home and business high-speed Internet Connection. The Barricade Turbo Wireless Router is an all in one network solution. This platform independent multi-functional router combines a 3-port 10/100 Mbps dual-speed Auto MDI-MDIX switch, a 2.4Ghz 11/22 Mbps auto-sensing wireless access point, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall security, parental controls, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) pass-through support into one convenient device.

The Barricade Wireless Broadband Router has a 10/100Mbps WAN port for high-speed integration into your network. To connect devices on your network, the Barricade supports Network Address Translation (NAT) and DHCP to provide simultaneous Internet connections for up to 253 PC’s and all of these connections can be made using a single purchased IP address. For network management, the Barricade Turbo supports IP routing, port forwarding, and a full-featured Access Control option. This integrated feature allows you to filter traffic through your network based on scheduled time, IP address, or MAC address while also logging DHCP and hacker attempt information.

To provide wireless communication the SMC Wireless Barricade has a built-in 802.11b Turbo Access Point. For network security, this new Barricade supports MAC filtering and the standard 64-/128-bit WEP while also introducing a new 256-bit WEP encryption option. This wireless router supports data transfers up to 22Mbps and offers up to 1155 feet of coverage.

This new Barricade router ships with the SMC Networks 3-click Installation software. This new and improved installation process will have your surfing on the Internet in 3 mouse-clicks. Combine all of these features and functionality with SMC’s service and support and you have the perfect device for any network.

Product Description

The Barricade™ Turbo 11/22 Mbps Auto-Sensing Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router is designed specifically for the SOHO users. The SMC2404WBR allows a single broadband internet connection to be used by mulitple computers. Users can share files, printers, and other devices on a network. The EZ 3-click installation wizard is a new and improved way to install your Wireless Barricade Turbo. In 3 simple clicks, you will be connected to the Internet. This device combines a 10/100 Mbps Auto MDI-MDIX switch, an 11/22 Mbps auto-sensing wireless access point, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall security, parental controls, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) pass-through support, which enables the Wireless Barricade Turbo to pass IPSec and PPTP VPN traffic for convenient and secure remote access for telecommuters and travelers to access the corporate network.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy setup, good performance, great price, January 13, 2003

By A Customer

My home 802.11b wireless setup consists of bits and pieces from different manufacturers--usually whatever is cheapest at the time. I've got a Motorola SB4200 cablemodem, a Compaq wireless access point, a generic Prism chipset wireless PCI card, a Netgear wireless PC Card, a Lucent/Avaya wireless PC Card, and a Linksys BEFSR41 broadband gateway. Around Christmas time, I decided it was time to simplify things a little and replace two pieces of gear (the Linksys gateway and the Compaq wireless access point) with an all-in-one wireless gateway.

I picked this SMC due to the low price without doing a lick of research, but I've been pleasantly surprised. The wireless performance is fine in my 3-story house, and there have been no interoperability problems with the other brands of wireless equipment I use. I don't yet have a matching 22Mbps "turbo" PC Card to take advantage of the faster speeds and 256-bit WEP encryption supported by the TI ACX100 chipset this unit uses, but I'll probably pick one up as soon as the price is low enough. On the firewall side, this unit has just about all the features of my old Linksys and also adds Stateful Packet Inspection.

Overall, a great value for the money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, slow, hangs!!, December 10, 2004

By	router freak "router freak" (ny, usa) - See all my reviews

very bad hardware. After 4 weeks the router started to hang, and I had to reboot it to unlock it. Now this happens every hour, and anyway when it is working my pages take 5 second to load, slower than dial up and I am on cable.
I own and have used lynksis, netgear and belkin, all of them without a problem. I bought smc because of a professional review, but this is bad equipment.
Their support is terrible, if you go to their website you cannot even find new or old firmware for this model.
of course they don't want to honor the warranty because "it is working". Stay away!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Started off ok..., October 29, 2004

By	Mark Treadwell (MD, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This router worked pretty well for me for the first three or four months that I had it, but I started having connectivity problems after that. I left it with my girlfriend while I was out of the country for six months but she never really got it set up right. When I got home and set it back up, I had major wireless connectivity problems - with my laptop on my desk two feet from the router, it would take five minutes for the router to assign an IP, and then it would drop the connection. I've now replaced the Barricade with a Netgear and my only complaint after three months is that secured sites sometimes have a lot of lag, which was true with the old router anyway. I thought SMC was a reputable brand but both this product and the older version my father has have been unimpressive for wireless use. I won't be buying another SMC in the future unless it's really throwaway cheap.