Cisco-Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N Broadband Router
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Customer Review: Quick setup, great router.
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this product to replace an older Linksys router that finally died. The router does not come with much documentation but fortunately does not need much. The vital information that the documentation leaves out is the administrator password. Fortunately, having owned Linksys before, I know the defaults. This information is also available on the Linksys/Cisco web site FAQs for the device. If you don't know, the default administrator password is admin. Linksys still uses 192.168.1.1 as its default address. You will need to know that too. This is how you configure the router.
After getting logged in, I set up the SSID and turned off SSID broadcast for the wireless. I then configured my Wireless security features. Nice to see this one now supports WPA2.
The one thing that was different from my old router is this one has a power switch located in the middle of of the LED indicators. As the unit is all black, it is a little hard to see. But if your power LED is blinking, then you are not yet in the ON state.
Installation was flawless and quick.
Customer Review: surprisingly good
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this somewhat cautiously, but someone had recommended it and the price was right. I was concerned about the reports of heat generation in a few reader's reviews. So, when I got it I built an inverted u-shaped platform, about 6" hi and 8" wide, and I put a large hole in the center--to increase the air flow. It now appears that it wasn't necessary, as the unit was only very slightly warm to the touch and never grew hot. At one point during the election, we had up to (8) laptops running off of it (I have a cable modem ahead of the router). We dropped a connection only once or twice over a period of several days. I have disconnected my ethernet and use the wireless link from my new laptop. The setup was very easy: I replaced a Linksys BEFSX41 ethernet router with this, but I had to power down the modem and re-power it up to finish the install. My friend suggested that I set it up for the 26 digit security code, and that was seamless. I do use two of the ethernet connections for the desktops I have. As of this writing, it's been installed for a month, and I am quite satisfied.Customer Review: Easy setup, works great
Summary: 5 Stars
I was a bit hesitant about this router based on some of the less than stellar reviews, but I'm very happy that I bought it anyway.
We have two laptops that share an internet connection and are networked as well. The router setup was a breeze with no problems whatsoever. I popped in the setup CD and it pretty much did everything for me automatically after that. I think it took me less than 30 minutes from the time I ripped the router package open to the time I was surfing the net, if that much.
We use satellite internet and sometimes the connection is less than stellar, messing up the modem which then needs to be reset. When that happened my old Linksys modem (54G) would sometimes get confused and need to be reset too. No problems with this one whatsoever, as soon as the modem is reset, the internet connection to both computers is up and running automatically again.
Assuming that it continues to function as well as it has for the first month, this was a great purchase.
Customer Review: Happy in a Mac Network
Summary: 5 Stars
Just got this to replace an older netgear b/g router that served us well.
Set-up was super easy [some mac reviewers complained about the wizard; linksys must have revamped their software]. Configuration is also available via browser. All CPUs on my network took easily to the new network, except one older legacy patchworked machine. Linksys has an excellent on-line knowledgebase which regrets did not solve the problem. I accessed their very user-friendly on-line chat. I was up and running in no time. The problem was [thankfully] operator error.
Great product. Great customer service. Highly recommended. Using this router on my b/g network may be like using Hi-test gas in a car designed to run on regular [ie:overkill w/o much return]. But the price differential between a basic or MIMO b/g and this great deal was worth the upgrade. And our network is only going to be generating greater demand as we move forward. This router will [hopefully] keep us going for a few years to come.
Customer Review: Excellent router for work and play
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently purchased the Linksys WRT160N to upgrade from my old router which only supported 802.11g. I have a personal laptop that is a MacBook, a work laptop that is an HP EliteBook, and a networked LG Blu-Ray player on my home network. I setup the router, wired, using my Mac. Setup was a snap and took less than 10 minutes. All of the networked devices in the house easily found the router and joined the network.
I work from home and I use a VPN client to connect my Windows Vista computer to our office intranet. The WRT160N has no problem passing the VPN connection through the router. The wireless signal has been stronger, more reliable, and faster since I installed this router. The additional network overhead added by the VPN doesn't seem to be much of an issue with this router as it was with my old router.
The LG Blu-Ray BD390 had no problem connecting to the WRT160N and I've streamed several Netflix movies over the wireless network with no problem.