THE WRT1900AC

The Linksys WRT1900AC is quite large but what sets it apart from other routers in the market is that Linksys decided to land it very close in terms of design to their WRT54G router released back in 2002 (the WRT54G model used a Broadcom BCM4702 CPU running at 125MHz with 16MB RAM and 4MB flash storage).

As you can see part of the top is perforated to allow for easier heat dissipation.

White activity LEDs for the status of the internet, wireless bands, storage ports and the 4 gigabit Ethernet ports are placed at the front of the router.

There's one antenna port on each of the two sides of the WRT1900AC.

At the rear of the unit we find the WPS button, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, WAN port, USB 3.0 port, USB 2.0/eSATA port, reset switch DC in, on/off button and two antenna ports.

The base of the WRT1900AC is also perforated but what's even more interesting is that you can mount the device on the wall thanks to the holes found on each of the 4 legs.

Linksys packs 4 high gain antennas with the WRT1900AC which you can replace with even more powerful ones in the future.

With all 4 antennas the WRT1900AC looks like a spaceship although not nearly as cool as the new routers Linksys announced in this past CES (reviews soon).

Linksys has placed a fan which turns on when components reach a certain temperature level (marketing material).

Here we see the PCB of the WRT1900AC and its components (marketing material).