Cisco-Linksys WRT600N Linksys Ultra RangePlus Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link by Linksys
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Digital camera reviews of Cisco-Linksys WRT600N Linksys Ultra RangePlus Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link
Digital camera Review: Big Door Stop
Summary: 1 Stars
After 3 Weeks of headache, I've replaced my old power supply on my previous router(DGL-4300 D-Link which by the way is solid except for the blown power supply after 2 years of great performance) and axed this nightmare. It was an intermittent connection at best and most of the time it wouldn't even see the SSID or network. I read all of the forums and did all of the tweaks and tricks to get this thing to work properly. After a reboot of the router, it would work fine for about 1/2 day and then the connection would go roque again.......you'd think a router of this calibur would actually work......NOT! My wife and i both lost so much work because of this thing already, i think i'll just give it to my dogs as a chew toy.Digital camera Review: Can't get Draft N speeds
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this router a few days ago and returned it after 2 days of usage. Reason? No matter what I did, couldn't get it to go faster than ~ 50 Mbps. The draft N speed (270 Mbps) never materialized for me.
Used it with a brand new Lenovo T61 laptop running Vista ultimate. The 5GHz band would always run at 801.11a speed! The 2.4 Ghz band fared better and would run at 802.11g speed.
Worked with Linksys technical support for several hours. The first line of support is pretty useless. The support from India had a hard time differentiating LAN and WAN performance. One of the support rep told me that Wifi routers are designed to go slower than 54 Mbps as WAN connections don't go that fast anyways so what's the point of faster wifi. I tried to explain to the rep LAN performance is required for fast file transfers across the LAN and has nothing to do with WAN bandwidth. He wasn't convinced and kept harping that I can get online so what's the big deal. Apparently most of his support calls are from users who are clueless and can't configure basic internet on a router like this.
I did get through to 2nd line of technical support based in the US once and the guy actually was helpful. He tried tweaking several parameters in the router's advanced wireless page but to no avail. He indicated draft N routers are buggy and advertised speed rarely materializes. In the end the tech support suggested returning the product!
I also had trouble with getting a Gigabit NIC in a desktop connecting a 1 Gbps speed. The desktop couldn't get past 100 Mbps when connected with the router even though it had a GigE NIC. Again support was useless in figuring out the issue.
Seems like Linksys has put out a buggy product. Most people will not know enough about draft N versus 801.11g speed difference to find out. So there may be bliss in their ignorance. For a tech savvy user, the product will not meet its advertised promise.
Digital camera Review: Costly Tech Support!
Summary: 1 Stars
They had free support until just very recently. My beef is with the EXTREME cost of support, 3.99 a minute. ( I don't know if that includes listening for many minutes to bad music.) You can get 3 months support for $199, 6 months for $299 or 1 year for $499!!! I can tell you I spent many hours talking to tech support before this recent change of events. I have had my Linksys router for 3 years. I also had to get a bridge to extend the range because it couldn't go through walls very well. I had to call them a lot because sometimes the bridge or router somehow lost the address. You will need tech support now and again when you change ISPs, etc., go elsewhere.Digital camera Review: DO _NOT_ buy this router if you intend to ever use it with Macs
Summary: 2 Stars
The wireless connection is extremely flaky for mac_mini and iMac,
no matter the distance between the machine and the router.
The web management interface looks horrible unless you use
internet explorer. Looks just horrible on safari and firefox.
I really wanted it to work out, but I just could not justify what I get
for the cost. Even w/out macs I do not think the software in the router
is ready for users. I cannot disable dhcp, even though the web config
says it is disabled. Be warned!
Digital camera Review: Dead 5 GHz link
Summary: 1 Stars
After configuring the box, I was able to establish a 5 GHz link for about 2 hours then got dropped. Power cycling, reset to factory defaults, disabling all security failed to restablish the 5 GHz link. I can connect w/ the 2.4 GHz link just fine.
Returning for an Apple Airport Extreme.