| Linksys WRT600N Linksys Ultra RangePlus Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link |
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Model: WRT600N
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 6
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Gigabit Switch, with a built-in, dual-band, speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
Two simultaneous, separate, radio bands double your available bandwidth
MIMO technology uses multiple radios per band to create robust signals for maximum range and speed, with reduced dead spots
Connect a hard drive or flash-based USB storage device to allow access to your music, video, or data files from within your network, or through the Internet
Advanced wireless security and SPI firewall for protection from Internet attacks |
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| Description: |
| Linksys WRT600N, Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link. Internet-sharing dual-band Wireless-N (draft 802.11n) Router with MIMO technology provides up to 12 times faster wireless network throughput, reduces dead spots, and increases wireless range by up to 4 times. Also connects USB storage devices directly to your network. |
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| User Reviews (6 total): |
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Linksys SUPER Router WRT600N, December 3, 2007
By dburkbofa (NC, USA)
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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wrt600n, November 26, 2007
By mmq (Wiesbaden Army Airfield)
The router dual band capability works great excetp the media server option. My PS3 does not see the media server option when enabled.
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Not up to the hype, November 25, 2007
By microbubble (Belmont, CA USA)
I recently purchased the WRT600N N-series to replace a D-link g-series wireless router. I wanted a Cisco product (quality) to avoid the random connection issues I had experienced with prior products. This WRT600N has both 2.4 and 5GHZ bands to operate simultaneously. I also purchased the WPC600N notebook adapter that was specifically designed to work with the router. My wife and I depend on a strong signal so we can actually do work and not play wireless connection debug. I am running Vista and she has XP. I specifically went for the 5GHz product, which I expected to have a greater signal strength farther from the router.
Impressions:
1)The 5GHz signal is weaker than the 2.4Ghz signal far from the router where it is supposed to be stronger.
2) The router install program did not work. Just use 192.168.1.1 directly to configure it.
3) I don't feel it was worth the extra expense since the 5ghz signal is NOT stronger.
Recommendation: By a 2.4 GHz product and use the wireless adapters built into your laptop.
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Excellent - range, speed, secure and easy, November 17, 2007
By PorscheKing (MD USA)
We want a router that covers the whole house, that is fast, and secure since my wife and I both access business information from home. I used to use 2 802.11b AP but still not satisfied and added power-line Ethernet
for the 6 computers we have. Selected WRT600N based on the reviews for range and 5.8GHz 802.11n.
I am very happy with the router that offers long range, good bandwidth and security. It is easy to set up after the initial confusion. Tech Support was helpful but could be better.
The 5.8GHz 802.11a radio is fast and cover the whole house (good size) with at least 2 bars. The 2.4GHz 802.11b/g radio covers the whole house with 5 bars. Both delivers good bandwidth to all 3 floors. On-line gaming is good :-)
My router came configured so EasyLink Advisor could not find it. I consider this a bug. Tech Support told me to connect the router to PC via wire and go to 192.168.1.1 with a browser, login (user name and password are on page 5 of the user guide) then it is easy from there. Here is a quick guide for wireless.
Tech Support wanted me to use WEP for security, I had to tell him I want WPA2 twice since WEP is unacceptable. He did warm me about bandwidth drop, but I only have a 3Mbps fiber connection at home so it is not a concern.
I could not get Tech Support to give me the user manual, it is available here http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1175237935014&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=3501429063B390&displaypage=nodata#versiondetail
The box came with EasyLink Advisor version 1.0. I was concerned with all the not-so-positive reviews about version 1.0 with WRT3xx. Downloaded version 1.6 but I did not need it.
Linksys might consider using screen shots with higher resolution for the user guide.
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still lots of glithes, November 13, 2007
By Temirmalik Shomansurov (Waltam MA USA)
Even though this router shows the connection speed of 270Mb when connected using 802.11N, in reality, I've never had download/upload speed more than 20Mb. I measured the connection speed by DUMeter, while downloading/uploading music and video to my external hard drive (WD MyBOOK 500 Gb) connected to the router through USB. In addition, while playing video directly from the hard drive connected to the router, the connection to the drive dropped periodically. Because of the same connection dropping problem I couldn't synchronize my IPOD with my library located on that particular external hardrive shared on the network. I hope this canget fixed by firmware update within the next 30 days, otherwise I'm planning to return the device back to BestBuy.
(Lenovo ThinkPad T61P ).
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Excellent, November 6, 2007
By Wannabe Gamer (Bay Area, CA, USA)
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.
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