The claim of 10,000 square feet seems to be accurate at 2.4 GHz, but as usual, the wireless speed claims are little more than hype. In Normal Use and Torture tests, the R20000G ran neck and neck with the Apple Airport as well. The R20000G also performed particularly well in the 2.4 GHz range, perhaps having to do with the improved amplifiers that Amped Wireless has thrown into the router for that spectrum. The R20000G performed relatively well in most Lab Tests against the Apple Airport, usually matching or beating the speeds we saw were getting with it.
Unlinke Wired, wireless performance was a mixed bag. Surely that would be more than enough sessions to handle most home use, but a small office of 40-50 people could easily tax the router and bump up against its limit. Yet, it's not all sunshine and lollipops, and even with those great speeds, the maximum amount of only 4,042 sessions was a surprise. The lack of third party firmware support is also disappointing.Īs for wired speed, the Amped Wireless R20000G is as fast as any router we’ve tested before and came close to the maximum upload and download speeds we can get on our test bed with direct crossover cables. The firmware itself has just about anything would expect to be on a router, but that’s just it, it has what you would expect and little more. Having to spend 30-90 seconds watching a ‘Rebooting’ screen every time you make a change can get a bit monotonous, and the fact that I ran into some issues with the rebooting put me off a bit. The firmware is much of the same as the design. On the other hand, easy setup and excellent “Elite Support” options certainly do make the router and Amped Wireless stand out in the crowd. Physically it is well put together, but the design just doesn’t do anything to wow you, looking like just about every other router we’ve seen come out in the past few years. The Amped Wireless R20000G router is a decent piece of hardware that’s priced in the same category as great pieces of hardware.
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