Cisco-Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link
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Customer Review: mmmm...
Summary: 3 Stars
ok... here's the thing:
I bought the router... I have a windows vista pc... and a "mybook" usb harddisk... my brother didn't have any problem connecting with the mybook plugged in into the storage link cause he has a windows XP pc... I did... so I did a little research at the linksys website and it said that I had to upgrade the firmware... fine.. I did it...
the whole thing crashed... I had to contact linksys to fix the problem... and still... when I thought that it was working fine... It started to freeze. I had to turn off and on every hour...
The only thing that I could do to finally fix the router... (is how i have it right now) is using an open source firmware... and STIIIILLLL the storage link doesn't work... BUUUT is better than nothing...
I like linksys... I never had a problem with linksys untill now...
Customer Review: WRT350N, Avoid This Product As Though It Was The Black Death
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this router after having the Linksys 802.11G product. I was looking forward to the external USB storage connection as well as the suppossed speed increase. I provide IT support for a major corporation and I consider myself to be a fairly advanced user. I made every attempt to make this product work with some stability with absolutley no success. Updated firmware, various configurations of Wireless settings etc. From what I can tell the biggest problem is that this product really does not know how to deal with any other wireless networks that might be near by. I get "Excellent" signal strength, at least that's what the Linksys utility says, but I get only 6 Mbps throughput and the connection drops every few minutes. And yes I found the setting to force it higher. So unless you live on an island with no other inhabitants, avoid this product as though it was the black death.Customer Review: Save your money and more importantly time!
Summary: 1 Stars
This product is horrible. I couldn't get it to work with my DSL out of the box. I called tech support (India) and they were no help. I finally connected my old router, downloaded the latest firmware and got it working on my own only to find that performance was horrible. Wireless range and data transfer speeds are sub-par and Internet performance was worse than my previous router. It barely works with my Xbox 360, I had to modify multiple setting just to get my xbox to connect to live. I strongly advise you not to waste your time and money on this product. I replaced my WRT350N with a DLink DGL-4500 and had it up and running perfectly in 5 minutes. Performance, range and internet on the Dlink have all been great. Xbox live worked with minimal configuring which the Dlink automatically does for you if you select live under the gaming category in its setup.Customer Review: Storage Link Does NOT Work
Summary: 1 Stars
The Storage Link on the Linksys WRT350N does NOT work.
I have tried more than once, in different configurations, and it does not work. Period. Upgrading the firmware will not resolve the issue.
If you have folders and files on an existing USB drive and then attach it to the router, they will not appear as they should. Directories will appear as subdirectories of others in cases where they really are not. In other words, directory A will appear beneath directory B even when it is not! It's simply WRONG.
Also, it is absolutely impossible to assign read/write permissions for different users to different folders. 75% of the time the router software will not save your changes. Even when it does save your changes, randomly, the security permission will not work as you define them.
Do not buy this product.
Customer Review: Storage Link has limited utility, only supports R & W.
Summary: 3 Stars
I do like my new router, but was disappointed, especially after 3 days of working with my backup software and many chats with about 6 company tech support folks to discover the following:
The firmware does not support full access to the USB-attached drive. Sure, you can map the drive and write to it and read from it, but you don't have the level of access necessary to adjust the attributes of the files. (For example, you can't unset the modified attribute and the file timestamp you get when you xcopy the file will always be the current time, not the original timestamp of the file. This renders many backup solutions useless. (A senior tech at the company finally explained -- after many hours going 'round and 'round with 3 different firmware replacements -- that this is a known "product limitation" and she pointed me to the NSLU2.