| Reviews : Linksys by Cisco WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router |
Linksys by Cisco WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router Product By Linksys Available From 57 Sellers |
Technical Details
- Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
- MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels farther and reduces dead spots
- Much faster than Wireless-G, but also works great with Wireless-G and -B devices
- Wireless signals protected by wireless encryption, and your network protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall
Product Description
The Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there s the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There s also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.Similar Products
Customer Reviews
By Aldo Pignotti (Winchester, MA United States)
The setup utility failed to run for me, it told me I was having cable problems. I was sure the cable connections were fine, so I just filled out the web setup information myself and everything started working. Hard wired operation has been fine but wireless performance has been spotty. The machine's range is quite limited. I can barely use a laptop to connect to the Internet in the room right next to the room with this router. I added two Linksys transponders to get better coverage. The transponders gave me better coverage but they seem to drop off the net a couple of times a week. I have to reset them to get them to work again. Overall, I haven't been very happy with this product and I've been looking into replacing it.
By Luffy
I have version 3 and the latest firmware installed. But it seems like the router has some problems with the DNS. Sometime it redirected a site to an IP belong to Akamai Technologies and caused the Invalid URL error. All the computer in the network had the same error when going to the site that got redirected, not just one computer. Only rebooting the router will fix the problem. I did a search on the web and other people are having the same problem too. When I tried to ping a site that displays the invalid URL error, it returned the IP 96.17.107.17, which is not the IP of the site. I did a whois and that IP belonged to Akamai Technologies. I opened that IP with a browser and it displayed that same Invalid URL error. Somehow the router redirected a site's IP to an IP belonged to Akamai Technologies. The wireless connection dropped once in a while too. My old Linksys router worked much better than this one. I'm going to return it and never buy a Linksys router again.
By Disgusted user (Vreo Beach, FL USA)
The setup program on the CD would not work. I then had the worst tech support experience in my life! First I paid $9 for the support which did not work. Then I started doing everthing I was told to do. When nothing helped the tech disconnected me! I assumed that was just an accident, but when it happened with the second tech I woke up. The third tech concluded the router was defective and gave me the Customer Service number. That menu leads right back to tech service and a fourth person. All told I spent over 10 hours jumping through hoops and by that time I didn't even have the internet connection I started with. The fourth rech did all the same things that didn't work before. I had asked for a supervisor but was stonewalled for quite some time until I lost my temper. The supervisor told me I could get a new product by paying $9.99 and the postage to return the DEFECTIVE router. All in all a miserable experience. Don't do it.
By BLW (CA United States)
I went from a Linksys "G" router that was working fine (other than range)to a new Linksys "N" router to try to cover a tought reception area of my house. Bottom line: things improved slightly, but not as much as I anticipated (hoped). On the positive side, setup was very smooth. Router installations have come a long way in the past few years.
By RG (India)
works well- with rare breakages
had trouble setting up with limited guidance in-box. But pleasure using it after that
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