Linksys WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router

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(1 stars) - Junk
I originally purchased a v2 of this router but it died on me after a couple of weeks. Linksys replaced it with a v3 which occasionally resets all settings to default. Often loses connectivity to my different devices. Its incredibly frustrating. Each day when I get home from work I have to spend five minutes making sure its configured correctly.
I'll admit to being a little naive about the benefits of upgrading from a G to an N router. I actually thought it would make a difference. For almost everything you might want to do in a home network environment wirelessly their are no real advantages to having an N router versus a G router. My assumption was that I'd be able to stream media at higher rates. Well the rates are higher but still below the rate that makes any difference. A wireless N router does not enable you to stream at DVD bitrates between two wireless devices.
If you want speed go buy some cat5 cables.

(4 stars) - Linksys WRT160N

Problem getting set up with laptop.

Remember gotta program correct nmbrs.in laptop as PC..

(1 stars) - Horrible don't buy
This thing constantly drop your wireless connection and doesn't preform to true wireless "N" standards. I thought I was getting wireless "N" for value but all I got was a nightmare that left me using as a wired router until I finally replaced it.

(1 stars) - Buy something else
I bought this router thinking it would be faster, with a better range. It may be both of these things if it actually worked.

It was very easy to set up out of the box, but it would drop wireless connections all the time to the point that it became basically unusable. I looked up the issues on the net, and found you need to update the firmware -- from the Linksys web site. I said fine, whatever, so I updated the firmware. Then it worked mostly fine except every once in a while, it still dropped connections. Every once in a while, I had to unplug the power and plug it back in just to get it working again.

I called Linksys and tech support simply tells you to reset to factory settings and run the setup. As if I hadn't done that a million times myself. So I decided to return it and get a Netgear -- which works fine.

(5 stars) - Great router.
I have a computer, xbox 360, and a PS3 that all work great wirelessly with this router.

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