Customer Rating: 
Summary: Connected 4 PC's, a Mac and my Wii all in about 13 minutes
Comment: I love the looks of this router. It's so sleek compared to most other ones I've seen and the wirelss seems to work great all over the house. I have four wired desktops (PC's and a Mac) and a wireless laptop that all need to share an internet connection. I also did the set up to connect my Wii to the internet through it. I plan to connect the iPod Touch as well. The range is very good. We have a fairly large house with upstairs and downstairs and the laptop worked everywhere I carried it without losing the connection. And it was a snap to configure even though that's something I've never done before.
One of the nicest things about this router is that it's easy to set up. I'm a 59 year old woman without a great deal of experience setting up networks and was able to hook up the wireless laptop and the wired desktops as well as connecting a Vonage phone adaptor between the modem and this router and everything worked right from the start. The most difficult part was climbing around desks and threading wires around them for the wired computers. The router part was easy. There's a CD included with all the instructions necessary for easy set up, even on some of the advanced security features. Connecting the Wii took about 3 minutes. And now I can see the news and weather on my Wii and play games over the internet.
I was really amazed that it was all so simple and regret that I sat looking at the box for 3 days, procrastinating about setting it up because I thought it would be really involved, confusing and take a long time. It took about 10 minutes. Two thumbs up for this router!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good router
Comment: I had problems installing the product but called their tech support and it was not easy but we got it up and running and it does as advertised. I do not think the install problem was the fault of the router but rather my computer and internet connection. However, tech support did an excellent job helping me get it to working properly. I would purchase this item again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I shouldn't have listened to the good reviews
Comment: I read these reviews and thought this would be a good product, so I went and picked it up at Best Buy. After an hour on the phone with tech support, from India, they told me to finally go and exchange it, which I did. That one worked up till the point where I could no longer return it and then it would constantly keep dropping it's wireless connection. I tried it on all frequencies, at 2 different houses, with 2 different laptops, (PC and MAC), and 2 different internet providers. No matter what I did it would keep loosing the wireless connection. I might be able to exchange it again, with the manufacturer this time, but they would have to pay me to try to use another one of their routers. Cisco is a very respected commercial wireless equipment provider, but since they bought Linksys, their home wireless equipment is not good. At least Belkin and D-Link are ok.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice router, sleek design
Comment: This router replaced an older version of Linksys router that suddenly stopped working after a power surge. I like the sleek design of this router- no antennas sticking up. Set up was super easy with the one touch set up button.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worked for awhile then died
Comment: I guess I have to join the chorus of other one star reviewers . This router worked great for about 6 months and then I started experiencing disconnects. I tried everything suggested by the Linksys support forums and nothing worked. One thing I noticed is that there were a lot of other people on those forums AND Amazon reviewers who shared this issue. One reviewer on Amazon said that this was a known issue with this router and that Linksys should issue some kind of firmware patch. I couldn't wait for that as I make my living via the computer and constant disconnects are simply impossible for me to do business. I make my living trading stocks so you can imagine the frustration of not knowing when the next disconnect would occur. Anyway, I probably should have read more of the one star reviews than the 5 star reviews. I usually purchase based on price and the reviews, but sometimes that is just not good enough. I was so frustrated I went to the local Microcenter and purchased a $40 Netgear G router and right now it's working fine with no bumps whatsoever.
Summary: Connected 4 PC's, a Mac and my Wii all in about 13 minutes
Comment: I love the looks of this router. It's so sleek compared to most other ones I've seen and the wirelss seems to work great all over the house. I have four wired desktops (PC's and a Mac) and a wireless laptop that all need to share an internet connection. I also did the set up to connect my Wii to the internet through it. I plan to connect the iPod Touch as well. The range is very good. We have a fairly large house with upstairs and downstairs and the laptop worked everywhere I carried it without losing the connection. And it was a snap to configure even though that's something I've never done before.
One of the nicest things about this router is that it's easy to set up. I'm a 59 year old woman without a great deal of experience setting up networks and was able to hook up the wireless laptop and the wired desktops as well as connecting a Vonage phone adaptor between the modem and this router and everything worked right from the start. The most difficult part was climbing around desks and threading wires around them for the wired computers. The router part was easy. There's a CD included with all the instructions necessary for easy set up, even on some of the advanced security features. Connecting the Wii took about 3 minutes. And now I can see the news and weather on my Wii and play games over the internet.
I was really amazed that it was all so simple and regret that I sat looking at the box for 3 days, procrastinating about setting it up because I thought it would be really involved, confusing and take a long time. It took about 10 minutes. Two thumbs up for this router!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good router
Comment: I had problems installing the product but called their tech support and it was not easy but we got it up and running and it does as advertised. I do not think the install problem was the fault of the router but rather my computer and internet connection. However, tech support did an excellent job helping me get it to working properly. I would purchase this item again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I shouldn't have listened to the good reviews
Comment: I read these reviews and thought this would be a good product, so I went and picked it up at Best Buy. After an hour on the phone with tech support, from India, they told me to finally go and exchange it, which I did. That one worked up till the point where I could no longer return it and then it would constantly keep dropping it's wireless connection. I tried it on all frequencies, at 2 different houses, with 2 different laptops, (PC and MAC), and 2 different internet providers. No matter what I did it would keep loosing the wireless connection. I might be able to exchange it again, with the manufacturer this time, but they would have to pay me to try to use another one of their routers. Cisco is a very respected commercial wireless equipment provider, but since they bought Linksys, their home wireless equipment is not good. At least Belkin and D-Link are ok.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice router, sleek design
Comment: This router replaced an older version of Linksys router that suddenly stopped working after a power surge. I like the sleek design of this router- no antennas sticking up. Set up was super easy with the one touch set up button.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worked for awhile then died
Comment: I guess I have to join the chorus of other one star reviewers . This router worked great for about 6 months and then I started experiencing disconnects. I tried everything suggested by the Linksys support forums and nothing worked. One thing I noticed is that there were a lot of other people on those forums AND Amazon reviewers who shared this issue. One reviewer on Amazon said that this was a known issue with this router and that Linksys should issue some kind of firmware patch. I couldn't wait for that as I make my living via the computer and constant disconnects are simply impossible for me to do business. I make my living trading stocks so you can imagine the frustration of not knowing when the next disconnect would occur. Anyway, I probably should have read more of the one star reviews than the 5 star reviews. I usually purchase based on price and the reviews, but sometimes that is just not good enough. I was so frustrated I went to the local Microcenter and purchased a $40 Netgear G router and right now it's working fine with no bumps whatsoever.
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