Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Linksys
- WRT600N
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I've gone through two of them. The first one had the dreaded "setup timeout" problem which numerous other people have reported on the Linksys forums where neither IE or FF will allow you to login and go through the setup without significant timeouts. Next one I had wouldn't connect via the wireless, even with an hour and change worth of time with Linksys. They finally offered to ship me one directly from their warehouse. Told them forget it. This has now been replaced with the 610N model (after just a few months) which has more RAM. If you're worried about the lack of antennas on the 610N don't be - you weren't getting much from the NONREPLACEABLE antennas on the 600N. What junk and "style over substance" that Linksys is going with now. I even looked at D-Link but their dual N gigabit router is going for a lot more money for now, if you can find it. But it DOES have 3 replaceable antennas. If you need/want dual radios, the 610N is the cheapest route to go at present. But don't buy this
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I upgraded from a D-link di-524 to the Linksys WRT600N, and am 100% glad I did so. I was hesitant due to the issues I had getting all my Tivos, and gaming systems on the D-link router.
The Linksys router was a breeze to set up, and I had all my PCs, 3 Tivos, PS3, X-box 360, and Wii connected within an hour.
I purchased a MyBook 1TB, and plugged it into the back USB port, and had it up and running in just a short while. The instructions don't specify that you have to add users via the web-interface, to allow people to access that hard drive. Once I figured that out, I was golden.
My 5Ghz network gets 270mbps wirelessly. The 2.4Ghz network gets roughly 130mbps. Still 80mbps faster than G (54mbps). Wired, I get the full gigabit. If only my internet connection was that fast.
The router performs exactly how I want a router of this price to. My only dissatisfaction thus far is that the software they provide you to configure your PC to connect, isn't 64-bit compatible. Some warning on
The Linksys router was a breeze to set up, and I had all my PCs, 3 Tivos, PS3, X-box 360, and Wii connected within an hour.
I purchased a MyBook 1TB, and plugged it into the back USB port, and had it up and running in just a short while. The instructions don't specify that you have to add users via the web-interface, to allow people to access that hard drive. Once I figured that out, I was golden.
My 5Ghz network gets 270mbps wirelessly. The 2.4Ghz network gets roughly 130mbps. Still 80mbps faster than G (54mbps). Wired, I get the full gigabit. If only my internet connection was that fast.
The router performs exactly how I want a router of this price to. My only dissatisfaction thus far is that the software they provide you to configure your PC to connect, isn't 64-bit compatible. Some warning on
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I have had several wireless routers over the years, both Netgear and Linksys.
I developed problems with my internet connection. All PCs in my house would sometimes get a very slow connection. The problem had to be the modem or the router. I had my eye on the new "pre-N" routers for quite a while, and decided this was as good an excuse as any to buy a new router. (It turns out the problem was with my Modem, but that's another story.) I especially liked the WRT600N because it is the first unit to offer two independent radios -- one for 2.4 GHz and another one for 5 GHz.
The first thing I did was plug in the router and try configuring it with the Easy-Start CD. Not surprisingly, this did not work. The Easy-Start CD is a good idea, but if anything goes wrong, it gives very little indication of where things went wrong and what the problem might be.
I called Linksys tech support, and had a remarkably good experience. The technician spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable. He didn't
I developed problems with my internet connection. All PCs in my house would sometimes get a very slow connection. The problem had to be the modem or the router. I had my eye on the new "pre-N" routers for quite a while, and decided this was as good an excuse as any to buy a new router. (It turns out the problem was with my Modem, but that's another story.) I especially liked the WRT600N because it is the first unit to offer two independent radios -- one for 2.4 GHz and another one for 5 GHz.
The first thing I did was plug in the router and try configuring it with the Easy-Start CD. Not surprisingly, this did not work. The Easy-Start CD is a good idea, but if anything goes wrong, it gives very little indication of where things went wrong and what the problem might be.
I called Linksys tech support, and had a remarkably good experience. The technician spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable. He didn't
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After adding this router to my network I could connect to the 5Ghz channel at 270Mb, connection speed on the 2.4Ghz side is 130Mb. Moving my laptop to another room and the connection speeds drop to 13Mb or less, while the WAP54G maintains 54Mb connection speeds. Updated the vista drivers and the 5Ghz channels now drops to 80Mb. Have not tried connection speeds with a linksys wireless N adapter.
The very bad:
After setting up the network, I connected an external Maxtor 300GB hard drive to the USB port. This drive had 200GB of data, backups and file shares. I had to create shares for all the folders because for some reason there is no way to share the root folder. This part, I could deal with. One night the power went out, Island wide black out. After the power can back on, everything was working, except, all my data was gone, all the shares were gone, all my backups were gone. Moving the external disk back to a PC, 'format before use' message, not good. Moved external disk to a vista
The very bad:
After setting up the network, I connected an external Maxtor 300GB hard drive to the USB port. This drive had 200GB of data, backups and file shares. I had to create shares for all the folders because for some reason there is no way to share the root folder. This part, I could deal with. One night the power went out, Island wide black out. After the power can back on, everything was working, except, all my data was gone, all the shares were gone, all my backups were gone. Moving the external disk back to a PC, 'format before use' message, not good. Moved external disk to a vista
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I've been a Linksys user since my first CableTV internet connection. Linksys / Cisco still makes a great product.
Before I began, I saved my old Linksys router configuration to a file on my PC. I also printed out many of the web admin pages containing configuration info.
WRT600N Setup was very simple. I unplugged my old router, ran the new cables and plugged in the 600N. Unfortunately, the EasySetup CD did not work properly in my PC.
The 600N has the same web management interface as my old WRT54G box. So I ran IE to http://192.168.1.1/ and was back on track. I entered all the old settings from the printed pages made earlier and saved the configuration.
My cable modem refused to let my PCs access the internet. Remembering advice from my cable co. I unplugged the power from both the 600N and the cable modem for a short time, then plugged them back in. After that, the cable modem sent the correct IP network settings to the 600N and I was Googling like a madman again.
NEW Stuff:
Before I began, I saved my old Linksys router configuration to a file on my PC. I also printed out many of the web admin pages containing configuration info.
WRT600N Setup was very simple. I unplugged my old router, ran the new cables and plugged in the 600N. Unfortunately, the EasySetup CD did not work properly in my PC.
The 600N has the same web management interface as my old WRT54G box. So I ran IE to http://192.168.1.1/ and was back on track. I entered all the old settings from the printed pages made earlier and saved the configuration.
My cable modem refused to let my PCs access the internet. Remembering advice from my cable co. I unplugged the power from both the 600N and the cable modem for a short time, then plugged them back in. After that, the cable modem sent the correct IP network settings to the 600N and I was Googling like a madman again.
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The WRT600N has quality control problems. The first two that I had lost connectivity with the modem at random times. The third router worked perfectly right out of the box. You have to demand a replacement after you go through tech support's routines and it still does not work. Be advised that replacement routers are not new. Both of the ones I received were reconditioned. They had scratches and one was even sent with the wrong power cord. If you look at the reviews you see people that love the router and people that have had a bunch of problems. That tells me that quality control is the issue.
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I'm no networking novice, and I struggled to get this unit to work with a modicum of security on one band. The "N" remains useless to me. Historically, I've used SMC routers, and even had luck with D-Link, but I've never been this frustrated with setting up a router.
I've caved and replaced it with the Linksys WRT54GL. There are far fewer bells and whistles, but it works like a charm right out of the box, and is highly configurable with third-party firmware upgrades. It also costs 1/4 as much! 'Relearned an old lesson: Keep it simple...
I think that with the WRT600N, Linksys has, once again, made promises it couldn't keep.
I've caved and replaced it with the Linksys WRT54GL. There are far fewer bells and whistles, but it works like a charm right out of the box, and is highly configurable with third-party firmware upgrades. It also costs 1/4 as much! 'Relearned an old lesson: Keep it simple...
I think that with the WRT600N, Linksys has, once again, made promises it couldn't keep.
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I installed the router recently and the wireless and wired internet connectivity works fine. I just cannot get access to the damn Hard Drive from a connected computer.
The router sees it but I cannot gain access to HD from any computer on the network.
The manual does not do a good job explaining how to access hard drive.
Any help would be appreciated.
The router sees it but I cannot gain access to HD from any computer on the network.
The manual does not do a good job explaining how to access hard drive.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I recently purchased this router and a Linksys companion USB Network Adapter (WUSB300N). Very simply put, I am completely dismayed over the inability to connect the adapter to the router...two compatible devices. It is not a Vista issue or XP...Technical support said they would call me back as they were unable to resolve the issue after 3 hours on the phone. Three days later, I still await that phone call. Absolutely incredible. Never again.
Jon
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This router is great assuming you configure it right and use it with the right equipment. I configured the router so that my good laptop is on the 5ghz network (using the Linksys WPC600N wireless adapter) and all other wireless equipment using b,g or 2.4ghz-N connect to the 2.4ghz wireless network. Yes, your wireless computers will be connecting to two different wireless networks but as long as they're in the same workgroup they can still see each other. Its true, out of the box the 5ghz network is much weaker than the 2.4, but (after reading the manual) I changed the radio band from Auto to the Wide-40mhz channel (for the 5ghz network only, leaving the 2.4ghz wireless setting to auto) I'm now getting a link speed of 135-182mps! That's what this router is designed for; use one wireless band for high speed N-only and the other band for all of your mixed devices. Again, I'm using this with the wireless adapter that its designed to work with, its definitely worth the money to get the wpc600n
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I have both Linkys WRT300N Linksys WRT300N Wireless-N Broadband Router and this WRT600N. Unlike 300N, this is a dual-band wireless router. Apparently, 5GHz does help in term of speed. 600N is about 50% faster than 300N, in 5GHz. The problem is, it crashes too often.
Every time, when I transfer a 700MB file, it crashes the router (about 500MB copied). I have to reconnect. WRT300N works much more reliable, although a bit slower.
Every time, when I transfer a 700MB file, it crashes the router (about 500MB copied). I have to reconnect. WRT300N works much more reliable, although a bit slower.
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I have both Linkys WRT300N Linksys WRT300N Wireless-N Broadband Router and this WRT600N. Unlike 300N, this is a dual-band wireless router. Apparently, 5GHz does help in term of speed. 600N is about 50% faster than 300N, in 5GHz. The problem is, it crashes too often.
Every time, when I transfer a 700MB file, it crashes the router (about 500MB copied). I have to reconnect. WRT300N works much more reliable, although a bit slower.
Every time, when I transfer a 700MB file, it crashes the router (about 500MB copied). I have to reconnect. WRT300N works much more reliable, although a bit slower.
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The router works flawlessly after a very challenging set up adventure. The initial set up attempt was unsuccessful. I use the Vista Home Premium operating system. After 2 days of trying to configure the wireless set up using the Linksys provided configuration tool, I gave up. Wired set up was not a problem. After configuring the router for wireless operation with my laptop, the router recognized every wireless appliance on the network except for the laptop that I used to configure the router. I gave up after 2 days of unsuccessful attempts. Then I switched to the Windows Vista wireless configuration tool, and I was up and running in less than 5 minutes.
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I purchased this item for two reasons- improved range and security. It performs as advertised. The instructions are straightforward and written for both the average and advanced users - your choice as to how. Setup was easy, advanced settings went smoothly but... I lost wireless access for a MAC and MAC laptop to connect. Nowhere was this stated either in the instructions (after the fact,yes) or in the reviews. This can be circumvented if you choose to use ethernet cables but doesn't that defeat the purpose? All worked out well - my MAC user can conveniently "borrow" internet access from a friendly neighbor's unsecured router ( an older linksys).
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I've had this router for about a month now. It replaced a low cost G Router that constantly lost connection with our DSL Modem. So far, the WRT600N has been rock-solid, never losing its connection to the modem. Even though we haven't invested in the N network cards for our laptops, we're getting great connections throughout our 3700 Sq Ft house. It's not cheap, but so far, it's worth every penny.
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I just bought a new Asus laptop with N capabilities and wanted to realize its full capabilities. Did some research and discovered that a lot of people have trouble with the Intel chipset and the earliest N routers as they were only operating at the 2.4GHz. I can't vouch for those issues but this router certainly delivers the speed. My wife's old laptop connects at 54MBs, while mine connects at ~270MBs. Signal strength is excellent throughout my house on the 5GHz band. Setup was a breeze. It comes with some software but I never installed it. The menu is pretty straightforward and easy to configure, just going from screen to screen. I haven't tried the storage link functionality yet but just got that for future possibilities.
