LINKSYS SHIPS ENTRY LEVEL NEW TRI-BAND MU-MIMO WI-FI ROUTER

Singapore – June 22, 2017– Linksys®, a leader in networking solutions for the home and business, and the first to ship 100 million
routers, today announced that it is shipping its new 802.11ac Tri-Band MU-MIMO
Router. The Linksys Max Stream™ EA8300 is an AC2200 Tri-Band MU-MIMO router priced under $300, giving users
MU-MIMO technology and up to double the performance of a dual-band router* for
even faster speeds when downloading, streaming, gaming and surfing.

Offering MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple Output), the next
generation Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wave 2 technology, helps improve overall performance
and efficiency of a Wi-Fi network while providing dedicated bandwidth to
MU-MIMO capable client devices as if they have their own dedicated router.
Linksys offers the largest and broadest portfolio of MU-MIMO home Wi-Fi
solutions on the market.

According to a white paper by ABI Research The Importance Of
MU-MIMO In The Wi-Fi Ecosystem more
than 84% of all wireless 5GHz chipsets will be MU-MIMO enabled by 2019. To keep
up with the speeds and performance of client devices coming to market such as
4K TVs, laptops, smart phones, tablets and game consoles, consumers need to
make sure they have the most current Wi-Fi router that can support all the
latest devices that enter the home.

“It is inevitable that bandwidth requirements for technology will
continue to rise, as we begin to move past 4K streaming, light-speed downloads
and having multiple connected devices in the home environment,” said Jenny Ng,
Managing Director for APAC, Linksys. “The introduction of the EA8300 Tri-Band
MU-MIMO router to Linksys’ Max Stream line-up solidifies our commitment to the
latest 802.11ac specification. Tri-Band and MU-MIMO enables multiple devices to
communicate with the router and/or range extender simultaneously, resulting in
Wi-Fi that is fast and reliable.”

Introduced by Linksys last summer, seamless roaming brings an
enterprise-level Wi-Fi experience into the home. This technology helps enable
client devices to roam around the home always connected to the optimal access
point, either router or range extender, seamlessly without having to manually
connect or lose connection. Seamless roaming works much the same way devices
work in an office environment where users can move room to room, floor to
floor, always staying connected to the office Wi-Fi connection.

With Seamless Roaming added to the new EA8300 as well as our other Max
Stream routers, range extenders (RE7000) and mobile devices, mobile
devices are able to switch and connect to the strongest Wi-Fi signal at all
times at home. Users can run uninterrupted Facetime® or Skype™ sessions on
their smartphone, or watch YouTube®/Netflix® on their iPad® while moving from
one room to the other without dropping the signal.

Another advantage of seamless roaming paired with a Linksys RE7000 range
extender is a single network name (also known as SSID) for the entire network,
making it easier to remain connected to the best Wi-Fi signal. In traditional
router and range extender pairing without Seamless Roaming, users would have to
set up multiple network names and manually switch clients from one network to
another to optimize performance. This proves cumbersome and frustrating to many
users.