I've had this router for a couple of years now. It's been great; no problems whatsoever, no issues with signal. (I only use it for one laptop, and live in a single-floor 3 bedroom apartment.)

MarcosElMalo wrote:Who the hell is "Picard"? And why were the guards taking him back to the Enterprise? I've seen every Star Trek episode, and I don't recognize this character. Although I did notice he was wearing a red shirt. Is this some sort of fan fic video?

Obviously you've not seen every episode of "Star Trek the next generation". Picard is the captain.

I bought a refurbished Linksys WRT160Nv3 from TD and love it! DD-WRT installed easily and I have it as my main floor N Access Point. My main router is a WRT54G in my basement running DD-WRT as well.

This model seems to take the smallest of DD-WRT builds, being a 2MB Flash. 2MB is evil!!!

<3 Linksys hardware with DD-WRT installed.

Ozzie2191 wrote:I realize this is a stupid question, but my boss beating me over the head with his stupidity all day has dulled what I like to call "my wit":

I need a modem too, which I must connect to this router, correct?

yes

shamcy wrote:There is no basic g router for $65 unless you shop for electronics at Neiman Marcus.

Actually i see wireless G routers regularly for around the $60 price tag. Usually the wrt54g. In fact, Radio Shack was one of the last ones i saw to have that one. Maybe it just depends on where you live or when the last time you looked for one was. No wait, Newegg has them for $60 too.

ZanduarMagnus wrote:Anyone know the effective range with and without walls? The routers Comcast and Verizon use are pretty cheap so I'd be happy to have a replacement.

I've got one and it works fine in a 2 story house with plaster walls.

I have the N version of this router. I have it connected wired to an xbox360 and a desktop PC, and at various times via wifi I have connected 2 laptops (one with a VPN to work), a blu-ray player with netflix, 2 iphones, a kindle, a psp, and maybe something else I'm fogetting. The range is much better than the netgear wireless G router i had before this. I've never had a problem with it other than one time the wireless security just turned it-self off. This may have been due to my 3-year old playing with the button on the front of it. Other than that, it's been rock solid, best wireless router I've owned.

MWPollard wrote:Then why do people still refer to cable and DSL "modems" if they aren't comparing them to dial-up?

The only comparison is that the cable and DSL "routers" connect between your computer and your ISP. "Modems" are MODulator/DEModulators, meaning they convert between analog (telephone) and digital (computer) signals. Unless it's dial-up, it's not a modem.

Because Cable is considered an analog technology (that's why it's NTSC when it goes to your TV) and DSL still uses analog telephone technology, just with a differend DEModulator...hence why MODEM is still used, a router/switch is something that is done after the internet signal is located.

it's a shame none of their consumer routers support the IOS command set

Do the ports run at Gigabit speed? I dont like refurb but this is cheap.

Pretty sure that my current Linksys is a wireless-B, as embarrassing as that is to admit. I love refurb Linksys stuff; my old router was a refurb, the one I bought my parents was a refurb, and I bought a refurb wireless bridge from them as well. All have worked perfectly for as long as I have owned them.

I guess one day I will upgrade to wireless-N... but thanks to Woot and an expiring coupon code, it won't be today! In for one.

Had the N and G version of these linksys routers. Pure POS. they freeze up and reset multiple times a day. Totally unreliable. Neighbor had one as well. Same issues.

Perfect for the random Beautiful Ocean Cabana since that is what they are

Tuesday,I just bought from Newegg a new linksys router E-1000 on sale for 58.00 bucks,and of course this one pops up.Well Iam sure mind is better,but I would have bought this,and at lease tried it.Its allways the way,if you wait for something,it never comes up,but if you buy it,a better deal comes alone.OOOOOOOOO well.

Would this be an improvement over my Belkin G Plus MIMO router?

botkin wrote:do i need seperate drivers, or does this come fully loaded?

You do not need drivers for a router... Web based setup. There is a CD that comes with it with a 'pretty' little network diagram but personally, I'd stay away from it and use the web based config instead...

famosamos wrote:Had the N and G version of these linksys routers. Pure POS. they freeze up and reset multiple times a day. Totally unreliable. Neighbor had one as well. Same issues.

Perfect for the random Beautiful Ocean Cabana since that is what they are

I have to agree, they DO have a habit of freezing, causing you to loose network connection and power cycle the unit. I have worked (and recommended to replace) many of these units.

Sorry w00t...

I don't know how many versions there are with this same form factor, but mine looks exactly the same. (I can't check the model since I'm at work and the unit is at home.) The range with the unit flat on a desk in my den is terrible. I struggle to keep a connection 15 feet away through two plaster walls. I just use it with a hard wired connection and have had no problems as such. Given previous comments, perhaps I'll try setting it up in the basement where it will be broadcasting "up" to the living areas...

UFGatorHawk wrote:How about Hayes 300bps?

For those unfamiliar, it is equivalent to a scorching .3K of data transmitting power.

Calling BBSs, most could read faster than it could send/receive data.

You could actually watch the 'carrier' moving across the screen, filling in the words, character by character.

And bootstrap loading in octal using those teletype thingies with the round buttons.

Ohhh, for the good old days!

jrbaker149 wrote:This is a network device, it doesn't care about your OS, just that it has a network card to talk to it.

And for the record... Yes it does work with Mac as well. Also with iPhones, Android devices, Palm, Windows Mobile, Unix, Linux and even (ugh) Windows CE (just to name a few)

I've had one of these routers for over a year and a half, and it's always been perfect. Every once in a while, my internet slows down or cuts out completely, and I just unplug my router and modem for a few seconds, plug them back in and we're back in business. But that could also just be a problem with my ISP/modem.
Overall, it's a great router! Very reliable, easy to use. I connect to the internet through it from a PowerMac, a Playstation 3 and a PSP and they all work flawlessly with it (after some tweaking of settings).

chefbooyadee wrote:You do realize that few people still remember what K56flex and X2 were, let alone the "dial-up" part of "dial-up modem"? Thanks for making me feel old, jerk.

How about the 'Shotgun Modem' that (I believe) Supra came out with? Join 2 phone lines and 'double' your speed!

While we go back on memory lane, who else here remembers BBS? On 2400 - 9600 baud?

Just got one to replace a time capsule that I am just using as a router. Now I can put that into storage which has backups on it and flash ddwrt on this and be good. Thanks for paying the shipping woot now can you tell fedex to not have it sit in new berlin teasing me in its fortress of doom where i am within a 10 minute drive of?

I bought this last year and have been disappointed. It seems to have a very weak signal even when I am close to the unit. I have not understood why and just accepted that I got a lemon.

Quijbe wrote:Well smart guy, it actually it is a modem. The word modem is slush of the words "Modulator"\"Demodulator" which is device that modulates an analog signal into a digital one (and the reverse). Precisely what a cable and\or DSL modem does. You are limiting your thinking to a voice-band only modem.

And you are limiting your thinking to "modulates an analog signal into a digital one (and the reverse)" which is just wrong. A modulator takes a signal (in this case a DIGITAL signal, the cable co only operates its ISP in Digital mode), DEMODULATES said signal and MODULATES on a frequency that works with ones computer.

A modem, while being able to be used in analog, in and of itself is NOT specifically related to 'analog'.

Speaking solely on cable modems, the ONLY way to 'convert' an analog signal to a digital signal is with an...ready?...analog to digital CONVERTER.

Rather have 10/100/1000 Ethernet and 802.11N Wireless router nowadays.

Good for Grandma's house, not mine.

Does it suppport DHCP reservation?

I have this model... well I had this model. It worked for about a year. Now I have a paperweight that lights up when you plug it into the wall.

This router is on TigerDirect for $19.99..NEW Comon woot, you can do better than that.

Just found this router in a TigerDirect Catalog for $60.00 pluss shipping.

CONESA wrote:Does it suppport DHCP reservation?

I cannot tell for sure, but if not, why not use static instead, out of the range of DHCP of course...

Ok, I'm a little behind on the bell curve in terms of all the tech talk happening but is there a way I could use this to strengthen a wireless signal that we are splitting with our neighbors downstairs?? And if so how the heck do i do it? Any information appreciated.

jmjphotography wrote:Ok, I'm a little behind on the bell curve in terms of all the tech talk happening but is there a way I could use this to strengthen a wireless signal that we are splitting with our neighbors downstairs?? And if so how the heck do i do it? Any information appreciated.

ddwrt but it would most likely be too complicated for you to get through it all without breaking it. What it is supposed to do is increase the power to the antennas within the router to increase the range. This is why it is not supported by cisco for home based routers. There are a few things you can do with it when/if you change the firmware on it.

Thanks for all of the comments and reviews. I'd highly considered picking it up... but decided to go with something a little better.

jmjphotography wrote:Ok, I'm a little behind on the bell curve in terms of all the tech talk happening but is there a way I could use this to strengthen a wireless signal that we are splitting with our neighbors downstairs?? And if so how the heck do i do it? Any information appreciated.

Easiest way is using WDS (Wireless Distribution System)!

apatel1017 wrote:does this come with the software? because i have bought a refurbished dsl router/modem and no software came with the product. i dont know what to do with it

all the software you need is 192.168.1.1

I have had this router for over a year now, did not buy it off of woot but from the store. I have not had to reset it since i plugged it in and set up my home network and server. Very good router wirelessly and wired with the xbox.

Oh and I also had a neighbor who wanted to pay me to use my internet and it did not lag out once or need resetting. and then the jerk i am went and moved.

Hey all,

Okay so those of you who are complaining about slow performance, and random signal drops, heeeres what ya do.

Disable IPv6, this is the issue with a lot of these Linksys routers. I can't explain it, I just know that in investigating drops/slow connections, I noticed that there were issues with IPv6, disabled it on ALL machines running on the network, voila, no problems.

Someone mentioned gaming performance, well, that's not this routers market, so don't buy it anticipating to use it for that. The latency isn't the best with it, but for casual gaming / productivity, all you need to do is disable IPv6 and it's stable as a rock.


For those who do not know what I'm talking about, in Vista/7, go to Network and Sharing Center, next to connection click "View Status", then on the bottom left click "properties" (unless you have UAC disabled you'll be prompted for your password). From there, un-check IPv6.

-John

I can't speak for the Linksys G, but I have an Linksys N version that's been working fine for about three months now.

Before that I had a Netgear G router and I started having inconsistent behavior on my internet connection. I called Comcast to see if it was on their end but they said their signal was fine and the guy told me that their official position is that they no longer support the "G". So I wrent out and got the Linksys and lo and behold my problems went away.

With the Netgear router, my wife's laptop had always registered "Excellent" signal strength, but my desktop signal strength had always been "Good" or "Low" . Now, with the Linksys N my signal strength is usually "Very good".

I can't say whether that's because of the change from Netgear to Linksys or the change from "G" to "N" but I just thought I'd share my experience in case anyone might find it useful. And I'm just *barely* tech-savy enough to get the thing hooked up on my own so i can't really provide any more technical info.

CONESA wrote:Does it suppport DHCP reservation?

Hate to sound like a broken record, but it will if you can load dd-wrt. That itself depends on which version of the wrt54gs2 (v1, v1.3, v1.5) is shipping.