Linksys WRT320N - 4-Port Wireless-N Broadband Router

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Worked pretty well for a couple weeks. some time about week two it began dropping the wireless connection frequently. resetting to factory default didn't fix something. I had the most up-to-date FW loaded.Read on forums that other persons have this similar matter. decided to return rather than try to troubleshoot considering that i was within 30 days. went with the Buffalo Technology WZR-HP-G300NH. Hopefully it fairs greater

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Really sleek searching. Has N. Right off the bat, it would connect and then drop connection. Just about every handful of minutes it would drop connection.

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Uncomplicated set-up and connection to all my devices which includes to wireless adapter on DVR. Stable. Lights on leading light up wall and ceiling in dark room at night. Haven't truly noticed a speed distinction between G and N. But I'm sure it almost certainly helps when the DVR is downloading shows. Mine doesn't appear almost as hot as others make it seem and it's sitting on top rated of my DSL modem, absolutely nothing else about them. Mines warm, but not hot at all. Range great for my wants in and outside my house for me to preserve a superior connection.

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- Very good interface for configuration- Nice techy aesthetic appear w/smallish form aspect- Dual band for 2.4 or five GHz broadcast- Wireless N and G capable on 2.four GHz setting- Gigabit speeds if difficult wired- Caught a 1 day sale cost and got it for แ.99! Does not operate in dual band simultaneously, this implies that you can\'t connect 802.11g peripherals to the wireless network if broadcasting on 5Ghz, you can only connect wireless N peripherals. Unfortunetely I missed this con when I purchased it in a hurry to catch the very good sale. Even though I have the con listed above I am nonetheless in a position to connect my wireless G and N peripherals to this solid router employing the 2.four GHz broadcast.Recommendation - If you are making use of your router for largely WiFi and want to operate on 5GHz I would suggest the WRT400N which broadcasts dual band simultaneously ƒ.4 and 5GHz at the exact same time).

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Wireles Band has two.four GHz and 5 GHz, excellent mainly because I have a couple of 2.four GHz stuff in the property.Setup was easy None so far. Great Shipping!! I placed the order late on the 11th and recived it in the after noon of the 12th

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Wireless-N, 1Gigabit Ethernet, can install DD-WRT to it. seriously hard to beat none so far i am testing the torrents to it's maximum. to see if it will fail.

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Low-cost The "Reset" button is wired incorrectly during production. There are several fixes on the world wide web, including soldering a jumper to make the proper connection, but actually that's inexcusable. The drop-out of download speeds is a continuous nag. It requires a power cycle every 1-3 days, frequently various a day. Linksys support is grade C at ideal. The computer software that comes with this is just bad. Overall this is my worst electronics buy in over a decade. Keep away from this model. Thankfully NewEgg was type adequate to take mine back even though my wife purchased it as an X-mas gift and it was past the return period. Summary: Get a different router (seriously), but invest in it from NewEgg to insure excellent customer service Following the sale. Read neutral world-wide-web critiques of this model before buy.

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DD-wrt has a firmware for it.very good throughput. i get a lot much better speeds then my earlier router for both inside network and to the web.Gigabit ethernetWireless-N plus backwards compatability. included software program.problems with legacy devices connecting.initial setup needed windows for me, i attempted to use the web-interface at 1st but was unable to get my laptop to connect. utilised the cd rather and had no issues at all.i noticed that in N-mode i had no problems connecting my laptop even without working with the CD.-following installing DD-wrt firmware none of this was a challenge. i utilised the original firmware for a extended time and often had difficulty with the Mixed wireless mode.immediately after changing to a DD-WRT firmware all my problems have disapeared.people today complain about the router overheating and having troubles with older devices connecting.DD-WRT gives you the selection to underclock/overclock the processor and underpower or overpower the wireless. this gives you the ability to turn down either of these if you have difficulty with heat. or turn them up if you have trouble with speed/connectivity.

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Smaller than I thought. Runs only a fuzz hotter than my WRT54G, which I kept and cascaded off of this one for 2 protected networks. 74mbps on two.4Ghz, 150mbps on 5Ghz. (Was acquiring 54mbps on the WRT54G). And that's 30ft. by means of two walls. World wide web loads 2x-3x faster. Setup was a breeze. Zero hic-ups. 1000mbps wired. Each routers up & operating dual networks & playing nicely with every single other, so now I devoted the 320N to 5GHz & the N-only solution, though the 54G is operating two.4GHz on G-only. Great. Exactly what I wanted. Backup wireless network a definite plus. Range is very good. DD-WRT is awsome, but unnecessary for me, so I flashed the 320N back to latest Firmware from Cisco....call me crazy.I was a small hesitant to obtain this router at very first with all the mixed evaluations, but I'm glad I did. I'm thinking the individuals who got duds had been just that...non-updated "oopsies" from the factory. None from me....as extended as it holds up this performance. If one thing goes amuck, I will repost with an update. I have a 90ft. extended ranch residence in a nation setting w/no signal troubles, for whatever that's worth.

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When it was operating with the stock firmware, it was good. Quite fast connections with wired and wireless and wonderful range. This rourter also has native support for DD-WRT 3rd-party firmware, and it's practically essential simply because... Not 3 days immediately after my Newegg return policy expired, the router began to drop wireless connections just about every 15 minutes. No quantity of resetting and reloading the firmware helped. Rather of dealing with Linksys tech support, I elected to install DD-WRT, and although the firmware is additional complicated, it generally fixed my wireless connection problems. With DD-WRT, you can lower the router's transmission power, which can have minimal impact on range, but make it run a lot cooler. If you're interested in DD-WRT, it is imperative that you install builds particularly created for the WRT320N.

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Wonderful coverage range. Based on use may well will need a reset when a month. I have purchased 3 of these routers 1 for myself and 2 for a network I setup for a neighborhood church. The range is excellent on them, all other characteristics function as advertised.

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Compatible with skype phones which can be fussy. Good gigabyte ports Not so hot range with internal antennas Put some actual antennas and you'd have a genuine winner

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Uncomplicated setup. Setup employing Ubuntu 9.ten was easy sufficient. The included CD is not necessary, if you connect directly to the routers IP address. Um, it runs hot incredibly hot. I ran the router connected to three computers making use of Linksys/Cisco N+ USB adapters. Ran fine for four hours then all network activity stopped. Checked on the router just about every light was blinking on and off. Picked up the router and burnt my finger. Unplugged it and could not get it to power back on, and had a good smell of melted plastic. Cisco dump the silly UFO looking case and get some airflow in your routers if they run that hot.

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No drop down till date..Absolutely nothing else i needed..Good item with good cost. Don't like design and shape of device at all...but who cares.............

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OK - its a router, it works. Simple to set up. I purchased this router as Linksys was touting the new house network defender as a way to "control your network." There are actually no new access restriction features you didnt have in considerably older models. Nonetheless can't effectively block p2p...... spent two hours on live tech assistance before they woudl admit all this. If you need to have a new router, fine but dont waste your dollars upgrading.

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I have had this factor operating for a week. No issues with it at all. I did not use the included software program when setting up this router. I at the moment have it running at five ghz, and have had no lags, disconnects or problems at all. It actually sped up my world wide web as well. Does not run any hotter than my other wireless rounter did even when under a heavy load. Won't cook me breakfast. Cost. I read a lot of evaluations just before getting this router. From time to time it is required to differentiate between those writing critiques mainly because they don't like the linksys firm, and those that are essentially disgruntled with their item. I found much more comments tailored to the dislike of the business than this item. As I have stated above, I read by way of the various complications with the included software on the linksys forums. Some of the IT guys from linksys are even telling customers to uninstall the software and set up their merchandise manualy.

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worked great out of the box even though i flashed it with dd-wrt practically instantly as that was my program for it. tons of attributes and connection is quite stable. none i did semi-brick it (my fault) utilizing dd-wrt and was unable to restore making use of standard methods but found a web page that showed how to open up the router and connect a pin to ground to do a tough reset and all was properly following that.

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Incredibly uncomplicated to install - nice box and layout. Net interface works nicely. Does not live up to it's claim of greater range than the "G" model. Client support was very disappointing and practically non-existent - seemed to not care even although I had been a customer for 10 + years! I would acquire one thing other than a Linksys in the future.

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Solid connectivity, straightforward to set up, supported by DD-WRT, slick looking. Linksys - it's a shame that such a great router is crippled by the factory firmware. It's wall-mountable - put the power and Ethernet connections on the bottom, not the leading. Purchased two of these only to uncover out I required a router and a bridge router. Then a friend turned me on to DD-WRT. Soon after a day of analysis (including all the horror stories) I flashed one of them with their firmware. Now I have a beautifully function n-band bridge router for ๠. If you use their firmware send 'em some dollars - they've earned it.Yeah, the range for internal-antenna five GHz devices is not great, but I knew that going in. I needed n-band 5 GHz wireless to support my new blu-ray player and my new laptop supports the very same protocol so it created sense to get these routers.Are they excellent? In all probability not, but I know this: I can stream Netflix and Pandora wirelessly across a pretty large home, and that's all I need to have so I'm content.

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If you have utilized Linksys prior to, It is pretty fast acquiring it up and running. It also was able to handle my brother wireless printer with no any difficulties. The speed to my laptop was fairly quick I have had 2 of this model router and following a couple of months the wireless has gone down. Client software that is installed on the PC is annoying as well. Had been a Linksys user for years. Never had any troubles with the other two routers I owned (WRT models). Gonna attempt something diverse. So unhappy about this router that this is the first time that I have posted a review.

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It looks good Worse range than my old WRT54GS with the tin foil Windsurfer antenna boosters. I have a feeling this is due to the lack of antennas so this factor just shoots a WiFi signal in all directions (the reception in the middle of street is possibly fantastic!). The lack of antennas also prevents me from being able to redirect/boost the signal. Also, the thing won't work without having running software initially. Signal band is selectable but I knew that already so no egg deduction. I have heard bad things about Linksys given that they were purchased out by Cisco, now I think the hype. Think I'm going to try whatever router my next door neighbor has mainly because I get as strong a signal from his residence than I do this factor. This was supposed to be a N+ router which really should effortlessly cover the 2000 sq. ft. house I live in.

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I get 80Mb/s downlink and over 100Mb/s uplink more than 5GHz. Near 800Mbps more than eithernet. The stock firmware can't deal with more than 1000 simultaneous lan to wan connections. However DD-Wrt is quite stable on this router.

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Needless to say, based on others' critiques, this router is outstanding! Effortless to set up, which honestly I was searching forward to messing with it, and works like a charm on first attempt to connect. I purchased the Linksys Wireless N NIC as a package. Both of which seem to have been a superior investment as a result far! As for cons... if I had to list one thing it would be that the username password was changed from what I have been employed to. The user name is now blank and the pass is 'admin', so I inevitably had to refer to the instructions :( Thats it although.

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It does every little thing. Every thing! WPA2 for wireless, gigabit ethernet for wired, no antenna, very good lookin'. Would advise to others. In fact, I *am* recommending it to other people. None.

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Superior dependable router. Never drops a signal. Offers a very good signal all through my property. Uncomplicated to customize. None. I bought two of these, 1 for myself and 1 for a friend.