Around back are three gigabit LAN ports rather than the usual four, a WAN port, a USB 3.0 port, a power switch, and a reset button. A blinking yellow light indicates a bad WAN or Wi-Fi connection, and the LED blinks red when the reset button has been pressed. There are no LED lights on the face of the router, but there is a small LED at the very bottom that is solid blue when everything is working fine and blinks blue when the internet connection is lost. The enclosure comes in a choice of colors: Classic Grey, Galaxy Silver, and Champagne Gold and is designed to stand vertically and be placed out in the open. Not Your Typical Looking Routerĭesigned by Denmark-based Jacob Jensen Design Studio, the K3C is a sleek-looking router that stands 9 inches tall and is 3 inches wide and 8.2 inches deep. It delivered good (but not great) throughput in our testing, is easy to install, and has a user-friendly management interface, but its parental controls and QoS settings could use some work. Stylishly designed and equipped with Intel's WAV500 circuitry, the K3C is an AC1900 router that supports the latest 802.11ac technologies, including Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) data streaming and beamforming. If you're looking for a router that doesn't look like every other model, check out the Phicomm K3C ($139.99).
