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Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router With Storage Link

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Superior
  • Pros
  • Fast, simultaneous 2.4-GHz/5-GHz nets
  • USB drive sharing; deep routing features
  • Cons
  • No wireless range extension

User Reviews for Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router With Storage Link

  • Reviewed by: newyorkerguy

    Duration of ownership: 2 Days

    Strengths: strong performance on 5ghz n band; useful network map application

    Weaknesses: After not using linksys products for several years due to declining quality and tech support, I decided to try them again. I hoped that their acquisition by cisco would raise the standard. I found that nothing changed. This top of the line router could not establish a connection with either of 2 laptops wirelessly on the 2.4ghz band (this was not a problem with the belkin router I was replacing). I spent hours with linksys tech support on the phone. The tech offered random recommendations, until he admitted he did not know the product in detail.

    Overall Evaluation: I will never buy a linksys product again.

  • Reviewed by: dhboone

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Fast and easy to install.

    Weaknesses: Variable signal strength when connecting using my WEC600N wireless adapter in my notebook.

    Overall Evaluation: Overall this is a great wireless-N router and the speed is super fast. I bought this to upgrade from my old Linksys WRT54GS broadband router. The dual-band wireless router allows me to use my notebook at more than twice the speed of my old wireless connection and it works perfectly when streaming video from the Internet on my wireless network. The only weakness is that the signal strength is sometimes less (good) than my old router provided (consistently excellent), but this is not often and it still works great! I'd recommend this router to anyone. If you want faster wireless connections, get this router.

  • Reviewed by: rbrinklow

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: None

    Weaknesses: You name it! Most notably, USB network storage never worked properly, when it worked at all.

    Overall Evaluation: I bought this unit last May, and have regretted it ever since. Network access was sporadic, and access across channels would not work at all, meaning computers connected by hard wire would not see the computers connected via either wireless channel, and computers connected via wireless would not see computers connected by hardwire or on the other wireless channel.The USB network storage was clumsy to set up, and would not work all the time. When it did, it was excruciatingly slow, and quite often a file transfer would fail because the NAS would suddenly disappear from the network.After months of aggravation, I flashed the unit with DD-WRT. I played around with it a bit, and wasn't particularly satisfied with it, and flashed it back with the original firmware. After a successful reinstall of the firmware, the unit's hard wire ports wouldn't work at all. Attempts to reinstall the firmware would fail about halfway through.I contacted Linksys, and after about 2 hours on line with them, they issued an RMA. They shipped a new unit, and it lasted for three months before dying completely. Lost two more hours of my life in another on line session with customer support, and received another RMA. This time they sent me the WRT610N. The jury is still out on this one, but at least the USB network storage on this unit works better.Linksys customer service is yet another issue. On the first RMA, I did a cross-ship, providing them with a credit card number. A month after shipping the defective unit back to them, my credit card was billed $191, and it took several online sessions, phone calls, and e-mails to finally get it reversed.Needless to say, I will never buy another Linksys product. I have been using their equipment for years, but ever since the company was acquired by Cisco, their product quality and service has gone straight to hell.

  • Reviewed by: mcmeen

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Long Range and strong signal

    Weaknesses: Expensive

    Overall Evaluation: This unit replaced our Linksys WRG54T in use for two years. The older unit needed constant rebooting from its inability to handle conflicts with other WiFi circuits from our neighbors and its range seemed to vary with the weather. Since going with our new Dual-band WRT600N, all of these problems have vanished. Even fussy guests who were complaining last year about the signal seemed totally satisfied this year. Thanks Cisco and PC Mag for recommending it.

  • Reviewed by: scottegos2

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: nice that it has dual bandgood range

    Weaknesses: hangs up

    Overall Evaluation: I had this for a little while, but it get dropping my connections. it also locked up hard a couple of times. This was with the latest firmware at the time (in 6/2008) so YMMV. Nevertheless, I'm back to my trendnet tew-633gr, which is quite solid, even if it doesn't have dual band.

  • Reviewed by: Schnabe

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: 2.4GHz/5GHz Dual Band, Range, Stability, Built-in Gigabit Switch.

    Weaknesses: Wireless clients dont always connect at highest speed, a bit pricy.

    Overall Evaluation: I have had this router for awhile, and overall I am pleased. It offers dual band capability, which as long as your wireless client (notebook, etc) has a dual-band card, throughput is alot higher than a plain 802.11G setup. I consistently get 45 - 50 MB/s transfer rate when testing using a throughput tester, which is alot higher than my old 802.11G router.My only (minor) grip is my notebook doesn't always connect at the highest speed, even though I am within line of sight to the router.

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