Linksys by Cisco WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router
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Customer Review: Doesn't like more than one connection
Summary: 3 Stars
Easy to setup, easy to use and good software that comes with it, but the connections keep dropping if more than one computer is connected over wifi.Customer Review: Excellent Router
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this wireless router since I have had good experience with LinkSys product. And as it turned out, the setup was easy enough for me to understand and it has been pretty reliable so far. I have no complaints on anything. Security feature is great too. I'd highly recommend for anyone who wants to upgrade their router.Customer Review: great until firmware upgrade bricked it
Summary: 2 Stars
this router was great for 9 months, never dropped connection all that time, never had to reset.....it reached two floors, all corners of our house and guest house out back. forget the included cd, you can just use the web interface to configure from any computer. I had it working with macs, vista, linux using Belkin pcmcia(atheros), intel 2200,rt2870. had v2, did not buy here. was having difficulty I think with ivp6 under linux so i figured i would upgrade firmware as there was a new version. tried to upgrade via web interface and ethernet connected to xp machine and halfway thru that the router dropped the connection. resetting, etc., would not revive it. no longer will router assign ip at all, apparently is bricked. what stinks is that I didn't do anything wrong, will try warranty i guess. had to break out my old walmart Belkin n-mimo which was less reliable. watch out upgrading firmware. now reading that maybe should have downgraded,not upgraded the firmware. oh well..my Belkin is resolving dns just great, stuff loads instantly, unlike the linksys. just have to reset the stupid thing every couple days....Customer Review: Worst Router Ever...
Summary: 1 Stars
If you have a PC this router is great, but if you use mac stay away. Cisco trys to market this product to Mac and while it might work there are no solutions to the problem. It still would timeout while trying to connect. Beware mac usersCustomer Review: OK after call to tech support and firmware update
Summary: 3 Stars
Executive summary: after initial installation, intermittent network drops, slow speed. Call to tech support resolved it.
I order the Linksys WRT160N wireless router from Amazon and used the free shipping option. I received the router sooner than originally estimated which was nice. The router is version 3 connected to Comcast cable modem.
My Computers/Wireless Devices:
HP laptop with Windows 7 and built-in wireless, Dell desktop computer with Windows XP Home (has Netgear wireless adapter), Apple iPod Touch, Apple Airport Express for streaming music from iTunes to home audio equipment, Brother wireless laser printer, Apple MacBook.
Installation:
Performed installation from laptop running Windows 7. There really isn't much to the installation, very few user choices, just security mode, encryption, pass phrase and SSID name, . However, the first installation attempt, the install program could not find internet connection through cable modem. Restoring factory settings to WRT160N and repeating installation again was successful.
Post-Installation:
Internet connection kept dropping out and speed seemed slow. After hours of reading internet forums, resetting of cable modem and new wireless router I decided to call tech support.
Tech Support:
The wait time for tech support was under 5 minutes. The rep spoke English and asked pertinent questions (unlike some of those knuckle heads from India). She was aware of the problem and seemed to know just what to do. She said the firmware needed updated and she guided me through the installation, reset the router to factory setting, then reconfiguration of the router via browser settings. The firmware was updated to "v3.0.02 build 004 Nov 29, 2009", she also had me change the channel from 1 to 9. I also rebooted the PC and the internet connection has not dropped since then. I was then able to configure the printer, Airport Express, the iPod and the desktop PC to the network.
Speed/Signal Strength:
We live in a 2 story house, about 2000 sq feet. The wireless router is installed upstairs in the middle bedroom and speed and signal strength has been excellent throughout the house
Overall:
So, with less than 1 week using the unit, all is fine now after the unit was updated. Since I work in the computer/software industry, I understand that problems can occur after product shipment that require updating to work properly (and that non-updated inventory can sit on shelves for some time). However, I will not completely let them off the hook on this one. There is nothing special about my setup as Windows 7 has been released for some time now (and even before it was released, manufactures have access to work with Microsoft prelease software to ensure proper functioning of their products). I think the problem I experienced is a very common problem that should have been caught and corrected before now or at least Cisco could have alerted customers to problems prior to installation.