If our last Wi-Fi router roundup taught us anything, it's that wireless-n running in the 802.11b/g-compatible 2.4-GHz spectrum works about as well as a skateboard on water. Although theoretically capable of up to 300-megabit-per-second throughput, wireless-n really manages only about 120 Mbps in optimal conditions. But drop your "n" speed demon into the overpopulated 2.4-GHz band, seething with b/g wireless networks, cordless phones, microwave ovens, and sundry other bandwidth busters, and performance drops by 50 percent or more. The answer is to run in the more pristine 5-GHz band—but many home users simply don't want to deal with the configuration hassle. Fortunately, Netgear's HD/Video 5 GHz Wireless-N Networking Kit makes that as easy as throwing a switch, no matter what kind of home network you're running now.