Sitecom N750 X6 WLR-6000 Wireless Gigabit Router Review

Others/Networking Gear by stefan @ 2012-05-29

The new WLR-6000 Wireless Gigabit Concurrent Dual Band Router from Sitecom offers speeds up to 300Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and up to 450Mbps on the 5GHz frequency. The device can be used as a print server or an entry level NAS thanks to the included USB port and we also have included 6 free months of access to the Sitecom Cloud Security protection layer.

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The Router Firmware Part I

The firmware interface of the X6 Wireless Gigabit router from Sitecom looks similar to the last SCS product we have tested and is split onto multiple tabs; each main tab has other secondary tabs underneath that can be accessed. The main Status tab comes with the System Status sub-menu, where we can see the current uptime, the product name, hardware, serial and software versions:

 

 

 

The DHCP Server section will let us customize the DHCP values for the LAN:

 

 

 

The Device Status section will show us the current statistics regarding all enabled interfaces:

 

 

 

The Internet Status menu will list the status of the WAN connection:

 

 

 

Inside the DHCP Status section, we will be shown a list of currently allocated IPs by the DHCP and here we can also make allocations manually, based on the station MACs:

 

 

 

The Log section will show system status information and when the actions have been performed:

 

 

 

The Statistics menu informs us of the Sent/Received Packets on all interfaces:

 

 

 

The firmware also comes with a Setup Wizard, which helps us connect and configure faster the network equipment:

 

 

 

The 2.4GHz Wireless Settings tab contains all necessary options that we can modify to fine-tune the connection; inside the Enable section, we can simply enable or disable the 2.4GHz Wireless LAN:

 

 

 

Inside the Basic section, we will be able to select the band, enable various SSIDs and to select the channel:

 

 

 

 

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