| Linksys WRT310N Wireless-N Gigabit Router |
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Model: WRT310N
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 26
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0), IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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Features
- Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Gigabit Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
- MIMO technology uses multiple radios per band to create robust signals for maximum range and speed, with reduced dead spots
- Much faster than Wireless-G, but also works great with Wireless-G and -B devices
- Wireless signals are protected by industrial-strength encryption, and your network is protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall |
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| Description: |
| The Wireless-N Gigabit Router is three devices in one package. 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 10/100/1000 switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. The Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. The Access Point built into the Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. The robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections much farther than standard Wireless-G. Unlike other speed-enhanced technologies, Wireless-N can dynamically enable this double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices, while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. In congested areas, the Good Neighbor mode ensures that the Router checks for other wireless devices in the area before gobbling up the radio band. To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with industrial-strength 256-bit encryption. It can serve as your network's DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility. The incredible speed of Wireless-N makes it ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and Voice over IP telephony, and gives you plenty of headroom to run multiple media-intense data streams through the network at the same time with no degradation in performance. With the Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games. |
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| User Reviews (26 total): |
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Heat issues addressed, August 12, 2008
By user (Pennsylvania)
I might be a day late and a dollar short but as long as you stand the product up on it's side, there is no heat issue. If you either wall mount or mimic a wall mount by standing it on the side with the ports facing up you won't have a heat issue at all. If you lay it flat, you will have heat issues. I tried it standing up with the ports face down but it got hot. The vents for the heat to escape are on the side with the ports so if you face that side up then there is no heat issues.
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consistency of product, August 9, 2008
By user
linksys wrt310n wireless-n router is not consistently working perfect.
it works sometimes on sometimes off.
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Dead after two weeks of choppy service., July 30, 2008
By user (NY)
I owned mine for two weeks. It would frequently restart for no apparent reason, and ran hot to the touch. The two weeks ended with not being able to connect to the internet, followed by an hour-and-a-half-long tech support call in which the tech told me to return the unit to the store because they had tried everything they could think of, and concluded that the unit was dead. I used the store credit to buy a D-link router that has been the most trouble-free router I have ever owned.
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Great when it works, July 16, 2008
By user (Atlanta, GA)
Configuration was easy, features are great, range was good... until the device started gettng hot (or whatever) and started dropping connections and slowing down and had to be manually rebooted. Sometimes these "hang ups" would completely stop traffic even on the switched gig ethernet ports. After about 10 reboots in 20 days I decided it wasn't fun anymore and I'm trying something else.
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Very disappointing product from Linksys, July 6, 2008
By user
I gotten this WRT310N about 1 month ago. Everything was working perfectly well...initially....until problems appeared. Connection to my laptop was lost and I was unable to reconnect back to the router. I reset the router to factory default setting and even downgrade/upgrade the firmware. It just cannot work. I can see the network which I have created, but I just could not connect. No error messages in the computer management! Its gets really hot after about 10 minutes of usage. Best is to wait for Linksys to come up with a better firmware before purchasing this router.
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Excellent router, July 5, 2008
By user (Virginia)
A have had this a month and it is working perfectly - very easy set up. I also have a new Linksys access point and it is working perfectly also.
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Really Cool Router, July 4, 2008
By user
It's a really nice looking router, but that's not a performance matter. The signal strength and the speed are really good, just as I expected, the installation and the LELA software are really easy and friendly. If you follow the instructions step by step as you are told, it will work just great.
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Lynksys WRT 310N a disappointment, July 1, 2008
By user (Omaha, NE USA)
I needed a new router and Linksys is a leading brand so after looking a bit I decided to go with the next generation technology and by the new "N" systems.
It was very difficult to install, set up and run. It had serious problems dropping the signal off line over and over. I'm somewhat technically savvy and don't like to give up but this thing had problems from the beginning to the end. It also had problems with different kinds of wireless internet connection devices. All of the computers in the house are still "G" standard and the manual says it'll work just fine with them but it didn't. I called and did online chat with Linksys directly and they still couldn't fix it.
This device cost me 1 weeks time running around the house connecting IEEE cables, reseting computers, re-installing software, firmware, etc. . . . . . I finally took it back and bought the Linksys WRT54GS router. It set itself up right way, set all the other 6 devices in the house up right away, encrypted itself, got everything on line and was done in about 30 minutes. Wow, what a difference. It's straight G but N is still up in the air as far as permanent format anyhow.
Don't buy the WRT310N it's all trouble.
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Fabulous, June 27, 2008
By user (NEW JERSEY)
This router was so easy to install...less than 3 minutes. Blazing speed and strong signal strength make this a no-brainer. I replaced my old router that kept dropping signal and cannot believe how fast it is. Don't hesitate, this is the one!
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Disappointed with Signal Strength Obtained by Adapter, May 30, 2008
By user (Overland Park, KS United States)
I bought this product to replace a Linksys G-router which started giving me frequent disconnections (about every minute or so). I decided to upgrade to this N-router thinking I would have MUCH better and faster speed. WRONG....With the G-router and G-adapter, I always had a strong signal from where my desktop computer was in relation to my notebook computer. With the N-router and N-adapter, I now have a "LOW" signal.....same computers, same locations, etc. I even went out and bought another identical N-adapter but had the same results. I spent several hours configuring the channels, etc., including using Linksys' Chat service. Nothing solved my problem. Tomorrow, however I'm going to solve my problem by taking all of this back and getting a different router and adapter, whether by Linksys or another company, I'm not sure yet. I do know that I was VERY disappointed with this router and the adapter.
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One Of the best out there!!!, May 25, 2008
By user
NICE NICE NICEEEEEEEEEEE I like this router... It was so easy to setup just as the WRT160N was..insert the CD and that was all... I live in a 2 floor house and this unit is awesome!! it has range in all the house and even in the backyard 3 of 5 bars!! I have never experienced a connection drop but I recommend to put it on a vented area because it get very hot not toooooooo much but it does.. Just as the wrt-160N model I had both and for me they work the same.. same signal strength... both get hot.. very easy to set up... ONly would like that they had an ON/OFF button or switch.. they stay ON all the time.. but If you unplug the power cord it doesn't reset the configuration it continues working fine.... ITS A VERY GOOODDD CHOICE!!!
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not an upgrade from previous linksys router, May 9, 2008
By user (nyc)
i was upgrading from the Linksys WRT54GX Wireless-G Broadband Router with SRX that i purchased a year ago and this new router was a major disappointment. i live in a high rise apartment with several rooms so i needed a router that can provide a strong signal. i ran several tests on speedtest.net as well as testing signal strength and my old router was superior with both signal and speed (this router was achieving 1/5 the speed of the old router in the room furthest away from the router). my ps3 also found the signal strength to be just 30% for this router vs 70% for the old WRT54GX router even though it is within direct line of sight. i thought this new gigabit router would be better and faster but it's not, i'm returning it.
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A very difficult company to deal with, May 6, 2008
By user (Weehawken, New Jersey United States)
This is a bad company. I purchased a wireless router from them and, truth be told, it never really worked right. The speed was ok, but it was impossible to set up without tech support and every so often it would simply stop working. When that happened I would be forced to call tech support and spend 30-60 minutes on the phone fighting with them about resetting the router. I recently purchased a new computer and decided to save a little money by moving this router to it. When I called tech support I was told that the router was out of its warranty period and they could not help me... unless I would pay them to. That's right, I would have to pay for the assistance on their product - a working product because it was not under warranty.
So be warned that you are only buying the option to use Linksys' products for a limited time - that is if you have any problems whatsoever that require tech support. I am now trying a Trendnet. Let's see if they are any better.
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Poor performance, April 22, 2008
By user (Bay Area, California)
I bought the WRT310n router to replace a Linksy WRT54G. It performed very poorly. I was getting no or low signal where my old Linksys would getting decent signal and speed. Even in areas where it did have strong signal I was get occasional network drops while browsing the internet. I did try various settings including N-only setting since my laptops supports it, but this did not help. I also tried the various channel settings and wide band
I eventually returned the router and went back to the WRT54G. This router did not provide any advantages for me and actually had worse performance. I will wait before trying another N router.
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Excellent Product, April 13, 2008
By user (Caracas, Venezuela)
This is an excellent cisco product, it has a very friendly administration interfaz and has mac address filter, dhcp, qos, a little proxy that would be used to parent control and MIMO technology.
I think that is a good purchase.
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Nice Router.. But still at 2.4ghz frequency..., April 7, 2008
By user (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
I had the Linksys G version and decided to upgrade to this one (specially because of the Gigabyte port) as my PC is directly connected to it, and to anything in order to take out the lag when it comes to high resource usage of the internet is worth a try.
The Router is as easy as it says (as almost all are nowadays..) in order to configure.. If you stick to the CD and follow the instructions, things will definatelly go smoth...
I must say that the design of this Router is one of the best you will see around, specially for the price tag, as you do have the Belkin which has a LCD screen to show some "cool" instructions, but it lacks the performance that this one has and it costs almost 3 times more..
The software update of the router is also something to mention, with each new version getting more and more control (if you want) of your Wifi connection. Great job !
Why not give a 5 start to this one, then ?
Because, the new set of routers coming to life nowadays have the ability to propagate the WiFi Signal at 2.4ghz (which since WiFi A, all routers use it) and also at 5Ghz, and here is the catch !
The difference is enourmous whent it comes to performance between 2.4ghz and 5ghz..
Don't get me wrong, this router still will do what it intends to, speed up the transfer of your network, speed up the internet connection and file transfers (Internet Connection Speed depending, of course) and above all, to spread the range it will reach your wireless devices.. (wat much better then the previos N Draft Version still available with 3 antennas.
It does it all and that is the reason I bought this one.
I have a Linksys CIT 400 (Skype Phone), Sony Vaio Notebook, 2 PC's, Wifi Printer are all connected to it.
BUT, Linksys could have added the 5ghz option, which would make this router a Killer !
Specially at today's date where the frequency of 2.4ghz is getting crowded fast.
This is one of the best out there today, but if you still want's to get a better performance and will have a lot of wifi signal's around you, getting one that have the 5ghz band option will also be a good choice. It costs a bit more.
You will be very pleased with this one, for sure !
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Small Update: SOME users are having a heat issue with this router... I might say that mine get's quite hot as well, compared to my previous one, which did not have this problem..
Not that causes any problem.. Mine is still working fine..
But I believe that it shall shorten the lifespan of the product or might cause a malfunction in a near future ...
As I said.. MIGHT.. I am only letting everyone aware of an issue that is quite mentioned at the Internet Forums !
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Nice unit, April 1, 2008
By user
Not bad. It tends to be slow from time to time. It might work better if everything is on N.
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FANTASTIC Router, March 29, 2008
By user (Wesley Chapel, FL United States)
This is a fantastic router. I had recently moved from a Verizon Fios area and back into a cable only area. I had been forced for the past several years to endure the Verizon provided router (Actiontec) and it was ok. So I now had an excuse to buy a new router.
I have a mixed environment in my house of both wired and wireless computers. I'm also used to surfing at Verizon FIOS speeds of 20 Mbps up and downstream. So speed is of a high importance to me.
This Linksys router handles my network like a champ. I've had no problems that other posters have experienced. The configuration and setup was a snap and actually going into the router to configure more settings is pretty easy as well.
I highly recommend this router if your looking for a good gigabit router. My speeds are FAST and I've been getting over 16 Mbps on a cable connection. Very nice for cable!
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Terrible router., March 28, 2008
By user (Houston, TX)
This router needs rebooted constantly. I have owned many routers and this is one of the worst.
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Pretty Good router, March 20, 2008
By user (Duluth, GA United States)
I upgraded from Linksys G to this. This has a lot better range. Happy with purchase. I did have a problem getting it working with Bellsouth (ATT) ISP. But after a call to Linksys they helped me and I was up right away.
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