Product Description

The Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router is really three devices in one package. There's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. The Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. The Access Point built into the Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology. By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. The robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections much farther than standard Wireless-G. Wireless-N can dynamically enable 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. 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 makes it 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 Broadband Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at incredi

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #198 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Linksys
• Model: WRT160N
• Dimensions: 4.00 pounds

Features

• Features
• - Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
• - MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels farther and reduces dead spots
• - Much faster than Wireless-G, but also works great with Wireless-G and -B devices
• - Wireless signals protected by wireless encryption, and your network protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall

Customer Reviews

Upgraded From G, but Disabled My Home Network
I followed the step-by-Step installation program, but the installation, however, had a serious outcome with my network--none of my three computers can communicate within the network. The installation somehow reconfigured my home network (MSHOME) and I can't get it reconfigured. which defeats the purpose of having a home network. This is serious. I contacted Linksys, who stated they only provide help for internet connectivity issues, not networking. I spoke with two techs who said they couldn't help with networking and that I should contact Microsoft. Past experience with Linksys was outstanding, but their service this time was poor.

The range is only slightly better than my WRT54G Wireless G router. Don't expect any real improvement over a wireless G connection. I moved an additional 10 feet and one wall away, and I was out of range. I bought it to increase range, since my network is all G speed rated.

Drops Connections, Slow as my old "B" Router, horrible!
Jeez, I had no idea this would be so much worse than my 4 year old N-router (which had the antenna broken recently by my cat!) - but this product is just pathetic. I used to have 4-bars on Windows Vista.. Now I have One and keep having to "connect to" to rejoin the network.

Never worked right- returned it
Unlike some other reviews here, my experience was not favorable. I was only able to get it work with 2 of our 5 home office computers, even when used with supposedly matching Linksys draft N adaptors. Wasted most of a day trying different suggestions from Linksys web site - which was basically a listing of users helping users! I've been setting up my own networks for many years and this was one of the most frustrating products I've tried. I returned this router and went back to an old reliable (5 years+) Linksys access point connected to a wired Vonage router.