D-Link reduces their routers power usage by 40%

D-Link has announced that they will be making changes to several of their routers in a move that will reduce power consumption and save you money.

The move is part of their plan to expand its successful ‘Green Ethernet’ technology as first seen in its previous models, the DWA-643 and DWA-553. Best of all however is that users who own the DIR-665 Xtreme N Gigabit router and the DIR-855 dual channel router will benefit from Green Technology in the way of a firmware update, meaning that this will not cost you anything to set up.

For those of you lucky enough to have one of those routers, the effects of this move could save you lots of money in the long run as D-Link have stated that the DIR-655 will benefit from a 32% power saving, while the DIR-855 will save an even better 41%.

D-link Marketing Manger Andrew Mulholland continued, “D-Link is proud to be taking the lead in integrating innovative, power-saving technology into its home and business networking solutions that doesn’t sacrifice performance or functionality. By offering green upgrades to our most popular Wi-Fi routers, we’re helping protect the environment whilst our customers save money in the process.”

So it’s a great bit of news for some D-Link owners out there, but if only Netgear could do the same to their routers, I’d be even happier.

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