Cisco-Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link by Linksys
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Digital camera reviews of Cisco-Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link
Digital camera Review: works okay with some problems
Summary: 3 Stars
I have only had this for a week or so, so I am still playing around with the settings to get the best performance. A couple of things that you should know, however:
The range is advertised as 4 times the G routers. Not true. It might be slightly better, but not much. The throughput with a good to excellent signal will be much higher than a G system, 270 mbps versus 54. But, with a low signal, this drops off quickly. And the signal will be low in pretty much the same places as the G router.
This router does not like older G adapters. It is supposed to be backward compatible, but the range of my other laptop, with a linksys G card, is probably 1/3 to 1/4 of what it was with a G router. More than 30 feet away and it is not usable. I find this odd.
Setting up the network drive is a bitch. The instructions cover about half of what you need to know. I spent more than an hour talking to customer support. I hung in that long hoping to get transfered to someone that knew something. The level 1 people know absolutely nothing and read from a script. I know more about this stuff than the 2 or 3 people I talked to there. Finally, got it to work through trial and error and it seems to function as it should. One thing, though, is that it takes forever now to get to the My Network Places on XP. Seriously, click on that icon and go grab a smoke...
I have had to reboot the router a couple of times. The laptop with the N card would only connect for a minute or two and then drop. had to reboot the router to get it working again.
All in all, I am not blown away by this product, but it shows promise. Maybe with a firmware revision or two...