( 139 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 17 2009
I had hoped the router would have fixed my lack of range problems my old Linksys 2.4G was having. I followed the install procedure (which I know is not needed to use the router but I thought I would do it all by the book this time). The Linksys Assistant utility is nice and not to be picky here but I had to say I was immediately frustrated by the fact the image the use in the graphical network layout was not even a picture of this new router. The annoyance went on further when my iMac was (eventually) recognized as a printer.. But hey, I didn't buy this for the software. I bought it for the promise of better range and strong signal quality. I returned it because it failed on the latter. I got somewhat better range from the WRT160N but was frustrated by terrible quality with constant lost connections and its losing packets worse than my 5 year old loses Lego pieces. I should also add that the setup was not as plug and play as I would have liked requiring I cycle my broadband modem and having to dance back and forth between my WiFi connected machines. In its favor the WRT160N did work well my direct line connected systems without fail. My many thanks to Amazon for having the best price on this device and their great return process.
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Posted: Aug 15 2009
I have a 2 year old windows xp based pc and comcast high speed internet service. After trying to use the installation disc and two hours of my time trying to configure, I finally called Linksys tech support. Level one tech support made my problem worse. Finally I was elevated to Level two support and paid [...] to let that tech(thru remote)do the set up for me. The first thing he did was to uninstall all of Linksys' software and configured manually with the existing xp software. He stated that Linksys installation software isn't that great. Router has worked great now (two days straight) and is as stable as can be. If you have a problem with set up..save yourself some time and frustration and pay the [...] to tech support to do the set up for you. Takes them 10 min.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Aug 13 2009
I am extremely pleased with this router. A breeze to install,and now I can go anywhere very fast. I am just amazed at the difference it made, everyone should have this router. I used Netgear before and a friend recommended the Linksys n, so glad I listened. I thought my computer was slow, it wasn't, it was the old router. Wow what a difference, get one today, you will love it.
