When you add a wireless-n router to your Internet setup, you'll gain the benefit of fast wireless Internet: but how can you be certain a wireless-n router will work on your Mac.

When you add a wireless-n router to your Internet setup, you'll gain the benefit of fast wireless Internet: but how can you be certain a wireless-n router will work on your Mac.

AVM introduce the Fritz!Box for Wireless LAN, allowing you to make VOIP calls with ease. We take a close look at this innovative router.

Wireless router with additional VoIP and printer-sharing features

Setup software doesn't run on Macs, expensive for an 802.11g router

The use of 802.11g technology might deter a few potential customers, but 802.11g is still good enough for most of us, and the additional VoIP and printer-sharing features are also very useful. The only real drawback with the Fritz!Box is that the ...

It may not support Safari, but if you're happy using Firefox, the D-Link offering offers a compact design.

Compact design

Poor Mac support

Unfortunately, things went downhill from that point onwards. In order to set up a password to protect your new wireless network you have to configure the router through its built-in webpage. However, that webpage didn't work properly with the Safari ...

Belkin offer a stylish alternative to the Airport Extreme, with good Mac software support.

Good Mac support and ease of use

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Belkin's Mac-friendly approach makes this the obvious choice for Mac users who want an alternative to Apple's own Airport products.

Good Mac support makes this US Robotics offering a worthy choice.

Good Mac support makes installation easy

Needs Ethernet connection for initial set-up

We had the router up and running in less than 10 minutes, so US Robotics gets big brownie points for providing decent Mac support for a change.

If you'd like an easy way to turn your electrical wiring into a home network, you'll need the dLAN sockets.

Very easy to set up, much faster than WiFi, useful for non-WiFi network devices such printers and video game consoles, a good alternative to WiFi if you consider it unsafe

Expensive, only one device per socket

Although the dLAN 200 AV Starter Kit is not cheap, it is highly effective and provides a fast and simple alternative to creating a home network. This would be a wise investment if you're into streaming media around the home, as the speed gains ...

Discover what we think of Apple's high-speed 802.11n wireless router complete with AirDisk - Apple's new feature AirPort feature that turns a USB hard drive into a network server.

Significantly faster for file transfers, 5GHz frequency reduces interference, simple to set up, easy to share a printer, use as a network drive

Lack of dual-channel support on 5GHz frequency in UK, still in draft status, no real competitor yet to compare it with

Even though it's not Apple's fault, we can't help but miss wide-channel operation. And with the lack of any rival 802.11n draft 2 router on the market with 2-4GHz wide-channel operation, we can't make direct comparisons. Faster routers may soon appear ...