Product Description

The Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router is really four devices in one. There's the dual-band Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100/1000 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together at up to gigabit speeds. The Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. There is also a Storage Link that lets you easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network using readily available USB 2.0 hard drives or plug in a USB flash disk for a convenient way to access your portable data files. The built-in Media Server streams music, video, and photos from the attached storage device to any UPnP compatible media adapter. The Access Point built into the Router uses a dual-band version of the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the signals of multiple radios for each band, Wireless-N's Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal reflections, MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase its range and reduce Dead Spots in the wireless coverage area. To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with industrial-strength 256-bit encryption. Security features - WEP - WPA - WPA2 Security key bits - Up to 256-bit encryption System Requirements - Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox 1.0, CD-ROM drive, Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP and Vista, and Network Adapter Dimensions - 7.48 x 5.71 x 7.01 (190x145x178mm) Weight - 1.51 pounds (683 grams)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6050 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Linksys
• Model: WRT600N
• Dimensions: 1.51 pounds

Features

• Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Gigabit Switch, with a built-in, dual-band, speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
• Two simultaneous, separate, radio bands double your available bandwidth
• MIMO technology uses multiple radios per band to create robust signals for maximum range and speed, with reduced dead spots
• Connect a hard drive or flash-based USB storage device to allow access to your music, video, or data files from within your network, or through the Internet
• Advanced wireless security and SPI firewall for protection from Internet attacks

From the Manufacturer
The Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router is really four devices in one box. First, there's the dual-band Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100/1000 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together at up to gigabit speeds. The Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.

We've also included a Storage Link that lets you easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network using readily available USB 2.0 hard drives -- or plug in a USB flash disk for a convenient way to access your portable data files. The built-in Media Server streams music, video, and photos from the attached storage device to any UPnP compatible media adapter. And you can get to your files from anywhere in the world through the Internet.

The WRT600N is the perfect router within your home network for fast data transfers, gaming, or streaming video.

The Access Point built into the Router uses a dual-band version of the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the signals of multiple radios for each band, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal reflections, MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase the range and reduce "dead spots" in the wireless coverage area. The robust signals travel farther, maintaining wireless connections much farther than standard Wireless-G.

With Wireless-N, the farther away you are, the more speed advantage you get. It works great with standard Wireless-G, -A, and -B equipment, but when both ends of the wireless link are Wireless-N, the router can increase the throughput even more by using twice as much radio band, yielding speeds much faster than standard Wireless-G. But unlike other speed-enhanced technologies, Wireless-N can dynamically enable this double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices, while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. In congested areas, the "good neighbor" mode ensures that the Router checks for other wireless devices in the area before gobbling up the radio band.

Since the Router can operate in both the 2.4 and 5 gigahertz radio bands at the same time, it effectively doubles your available wireless bandwidth. For instance, you could set up your network to handle video streaming on one radio band, and use the other band for simultaneous data transfers -- avoiding any interference or collisions that would degrade the video performance.

To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with industrial-strength 256-bit encryption. It can serve as your network's DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility.

The incredible speed of Wireless-N and gigabit wired networking is ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and Voice over IP telephony, and gives you plenty of headroom to run multiple media-intense data streams through the network at the same time, with no degradation in performance. With the Linksys Wireless-N Storage Link Router at the center of your home or office network, you can easily add storage, share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at amazing speeds, without the hassle of stringing wires

What's in the box
Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link, setup CD-ROM with Norton Internet Security for Windows XP and Vista, User Guide on CD-ROM, ethernet network cable, and power adapter.

Customer Reviews

Zero maintenance, excellent performance
Well, I was one of the early buyers of this router - I bought this one when there were no reviews of the product on Amazon. I came back today to notice 94 reviews and the ratings are in line with my experience over the last 6 months. No wonder, the price is somewhat higher than when I bought it too - seems like more people are buying it.

Well, I don't know what people here are talking about less documentation, poor tech support etc...I experienced none of those. I had a smooth and easy install. I did see the two bands clearly. My wife works on the G band while I work on the N band that has terrific performance.

Lot of the problems that people might be facing in terms of performance or reliability must be due to their internet provider's reliability. I use optimum online with power boost as well and you won't believe it but I have not touched the router since I first installed and configured it. Usually, I would restart the router or do something with it once a month, but not this one. The wireless connection is as steady as ever, there is a minor few seconds outage on the rare occasion but that again is surely due to the internet service provider's outage and the internet comes back on in a few seconds without having to do anything on the router.

In comparison, my earlier Linksys router that was 4 years old used to have connections cut several times every day and performance would vary too.

I also bought the usb adaptor for using the N band and that works great with my laptops that do not have the n standard on them. I am able to get 250 MBps speeds regularly and my Internet connection has SCREAMING Performance with this router even when multiple users are connected to it. Three of us at home tried downloading files across the 2 bands simultaneously and did not detect any performance deterioration.

A good router like this is best enjoyed with a great Internet service provider who also has features for additional download speeds.

I never had to call tech support at any time. Guess, if you read and follow instructions clearly, things work fine. Or maybe a I was a bit more lucky than many others.

Great buy, but the cost scares me a bit considering that I bought it when there were no takers. But its well worth the money, especially if you work from home or have multiple people using your internet connection.

Linksys WRT600N
Easy to setup and seems to have better range than my old WRTG45. Not sure if I like the EasyLink software. It has some upsides like showing what computers you have connected and allowing you to name them. But it's always popping up that a new computer tried to connect or a current computer connected and I don't see anything different. It should allow you to look at or keep a log of exactly what tried to connect.

I bought this so I could stream music and also connect my Xbox wirelessly. All the setup was pretty easy and I'm able to stream music from my pc upstairs to my Xbox in the basement. Plus I've played a little bit of Gears of War. I would recommend it.

Works Great And Is Secure
After setting this up with Comcast cable it worked just fine with 11 computers. It did take some time and Linksys/Cisco provides very good help and documentation. I had to replace my old router since Insightbb changed to Comcast, changing equipment. Three of these 11 computers are laptops; a Windows XP laptop works with wireless. At this point I have never gotten the two Vista laptops to work with wireless, they are working with direct cable input. Since there only 4 ports in the WRT600n I am also using 3 Linksys 10/100 switches.