Green Wireless Router

This may be hype but it is the trend for the future. Here is an article from Crave.

This is the D-Link DIR-855, one of the three new D-Link routers that belong to the company's Green Initiative.

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D-Link claimed today to be the first company to offer green Wi-Fi Home networking. While the "first" notion of the claim is debatable--I've seen routers from other vendors with Eco-friendly design --the green aspect is more than welcome.

The company said that its Green Initiative that adds eco-friendly features to the Xtreme NT line of wireless routers could reduce the devices' power consumption by 40 percent without sacrificing performance.

These new features cut down the power usage by automatically detecting link status and network cable length then adjusting the power accordingly. The new routers also feature Wi-Fi scheduling that allows customers to easily program when the Wi-Fi radio signals are turned on and off to further save energy consumption. Though this is not really new, many other routers allows for selectively turning off the wireless signal, D-Link has made this a lot easier to use and provides a user-selectable radio shutdown option that's adjustable by day and start/end times.

D-Link's new environmentally conscientious routers include: D-link Xtreme N Gigabit Router (DIR 655), D-Link Extreme N Duo Media Router (DIR 855), and the D-Link Xtreme N Gaming Router (DGL 4500). These products are RoHS- and WEEE-compliment, meaning they are certified to be safe from hazardous materials and are made of recycled materials that could be disposed of properly. Apart from the Green upgrade, these routers also support IPv6, a much larger address space that allows greater flexibility in allocating addresses and routing traffic.