Network Adapter Review

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. Click here for more info!

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. Click here for more info!

Good

The signal is always strong and no breaks in three weeks of constant use. Despite other comments, the signal strength is awesome even with the unit under a shelf. Unless you live in a 25 room mansion or set up the network wrong… you should have no problems. I have absolutely no complaints. The cherry on top is how awesome this router looks and with no antenna! You could easly hide this under a shelf but why would you want to! It’s beautiful and you could use it as decoration! I admit, it is pricey but well worth the money in the headaches you will save setting it up and the aesthetic factor. Highly recommended especially for novices who simply want wireless in their house. Click here for more info!

I ordered the Linksys WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router with my new netbook. I had never had dealings with a wireless network or routers before and ordered the router not knowing what I was buying (someone had suggested I buy Linksys brand), or how I was going to install it. The companion DVD stepped me through the process. Although, after the first successful attempt of connecting my netbook to the network, it wouldn’t connect anymore. I didn’t know anything about “changing channels”, but a teen computer guru got me going again. A few days later, my modem had to be replaced due to age, and I became completely lost in trying to figure out why I once again couldn’t connect to my network. I finally paid Linksys support $9.95 to take over my computer remotely and fix the problem.
Best ten bucks I have spent in awhile. No more problems since. Click here for more info!

Bad

Made as cheaply as possible, often out of refurbished parts, the failure rate of any wireless router that costs less than a few hundred dollars is unreasonably high. I got lucky with my first linksys router and it lasted five years before clunking out. Many people who bought the exact same model never got it to work or had theirs die in a month or two.  Click here for more info!

I am using this with the Comcast internet srvice and it rarely works. The service works fine with out this router. I have spent hours on the phone with Cisco/Linksys support, and their solution is to unplug and replug in everything everytime I use it. Their support knows very little about installing the product securely. Terrible product, terrible support. Avoid buying this. Click here for more info!

The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there’s the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect both screaming fast Wireless-G (802.11g at 54Mbps) and Wireless-B (802.11b at 11Mbps) devices to the network.  Click here for more info!

There’s also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Connect four PCs directly, or attach more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. Click here for more info!

User Reviews

Linksys has chosen to eviscerate the memory of the latest version (v5) of the WRT54G to make it cheaper. This latest version doesn’t have Linux inside and as others have reported isn’t nearly as stable as earlier versions, nor is it in any condition to have the open source community help Linksys fix the problems. If you want The Little Blue Box That Could, you now have to buy the WRT54GL. Click here for more info!

We’ve been using the router for several months now, and have not had any dropped connections (my older Netgear router dropped connections fairly frequently and did not support the newer WPA encryption scheme) and have consistent throughput. The router has been running constantly for these past few months.  Click here for more info!

Good machine, has a much greater range than my previous linksys WRT54GC which stopped working after only 3 years of service, hope this one last longer. This unit is much larger than the 54GC and will take up more room on your computer desk. They advertise, EASY SETUP-UP AND RUNNING IN MINUTES, “not true”!!! Set up is a nightmare! I struggled for two days trying to get it to work thinking it must be something I’m doing wrong.  Click here for more info!

I only use these guys for DD-WRT. They work great. Very solid. I have a WISP customer using it as their radio. I’ve had it on top of their roof in a plastic electrical box for about 1.5 years now, and it runs rock solid. We have a monitoring system that pings from our end every 10 minutes, and problems are few and far between. Very good at what I need it to do.

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The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there’s the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect both screaming fast Wireless-G (802.11g at 54Mbps) and Wireless-B (802.11b at 11Mbps) devices to the network. Click here for more info!

There’s also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Connect four PCs directly, or attach more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Finally, the router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. Click here for more info!

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User Reviews:

The design of this router is really excellent. The antennas are built into the router and the dimensions of it are really small and thin! This gives you more flexibility of where the router can be placed.

My only complain with this product is the fact that the DHCP server has problems after a while. If you leave a PC/device on for too much time, it will “lose” it’s IP address and there is no way around the issue other than rebooting / power cycling router and affected devices. It doesn’t happen too often so it’s not a major issue, but I would have appreciated the linksys forums to be more supportive of my post on this issue – as they really have not been.

A router should be a transparent device once set up. It shouldn’t need to be rebooted, it should have good signal and connect to new devices on the network with the minimal input for the ‘average’ non technical user. This device is such a unit.

From the moment I opened the box it was a good experience. The unit looks great, up on the network within seconds – able to conect my laptops with security quickly. Network printer had no issues as did my PS3 and my main server.
It was a faster unit compared with my older netgear (814) one.
Really recommend it.

By far the easiest setup i have ever done on a wireless router. I have used Netgear and older linksys models but this one exceeds my expectations. Looks great from the outside too. Cannot comment on the speed because i just started using it.

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