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Networking gear companies Linksys and D-Link are rolling out new Wi-Fi routers and gear that support the upcoming 802.11n wireless standard.

Linksys announced its WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link. The router includes a USB port you can plug an external hard drive into. Linksys also introduced its USB Wireless-N Desktop Adapter WUSB300N for connecting desktops and laptops to a Linksys 802.11n router.

D-Link says it will be formally announcing its Xtreme N Gigabit Router DIR-655 wireless-n router next week. This router comes with a feature called Intelligent QoS Technology that can priorities bandwidth giving things like voice over IP traffic and streaming video priority over Web browsing or BitTorrent uploads.

The 802.11n standard may not be official until 2008, according to experts. But consumers who want to take advantage of faster speeds today can move into the Wi-Fi fast lane with one of a growing number of pre-N options.