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Linksys WRT300N Wireless Router

Linksys WRT300N Wireless Router
  • Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
  • MIMO technology uses multiple radios to make a robust signal that travels up to 4 times farther and reduces dead spots
  • Up to 12 times quicker than Wireless-G, however can also connect to Wireless-G and -B networks
  • Wireless signals protected by WPA2 encryption, and your network protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall
  • Blazing quick wireless speed for high-bandwidth applications such as audio streaming and file streaming

  • Priced as low as:
    $120

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    Product Description:

    Package Contents: Wireless-N Broadband Router, CD-ROM with Norton Internet Security, User Guide, Ethernet network cable, power adapter.

    The Linksys WRT300N Wireless-N Broadband Router is3devices in1box. It's a Wireless Access Point, letting you connect to a network without wires. It's also a full-duplex 10/100 switch connecting your wired-Ethernet devices together. Finally, its router function ties it all together, allowing your network to share a high-speed Internet connection. The advanced MIMO technology uses multiple radios to make a robust signal that travels up to 4 times quicker & reduces dead spots. It's up to 12 times quicker than Wireless-G, however works great with both Wireless-G and -B devices. Wireless signals are protected by up to 256-bit encryption, and keeps your network protected with a powerful SPI firewall. Now you can share high-speed Internet, files, printers, multi-player games and even media-intensive applications at quicker speeds, without the hassle of stringing messy wires!! Reset howeverton Up to 256-bit wireless encryption Complies with IEEE draft 802.11n standards Blazing quick wireless speed for high-bandwidth applications, such as audio streaming and file streaming 256-bit encryption for unsurpassed wireless security Expanded wireless coverage, up to 4x the range of 802.11g products All LAN ports support auto-crossover (MDI/MDI-X) -- no need for crossover cables Device can be placed vertically or horizontally System Requirements - PC with Windows 2000 & XP, network adapter, CD-ROM drive, Internet Explorer 5.5 or Firefox 1.0 Unit Dimensions - 7.40 x 1.57 x 6.93 (188 x 40 x 176 mm) Unit Weight - 18.60 oz. (0.527 Kg)


    Product Reviews:

    Summary: Not worth the effort and time. Wireless does not easily work.   
    Rating: 1 out of 5   Date: 2006-05-19   
    Nice review by small forest.

    I was able to get this router set up within a matter of 5-10 minutes. The CD that it comes with is1of the best setup tools I have ever used. Nice work by Linksys as far as initial setup of the router goes. This is where the accolades end.

    Although I was able to connect my "wired" devices easily, "wireless" devices were not able to get past the router. After spending2nights trying ething that I could thin of I finally gave in and made the call to Linksys. After3hours of trouble shooting and making the same "hidden changes", Linksys came to the conclusion that I had2options. They acknowledged that there is a problem and that they are aware of it. I could return the router or I could wait until they release another firmware update (with no guarantees).

    Oddly enough, after going through all of the troubshooting ideas they had my "wired" connections were toasted and the power light will not stop flashing.

    Well the router is going back.

    I think Linksys is a great company. They rushed this1to market too quickly and had I read the forums 1st I would have chose differently.

    Lesson learned.

    Summary: You can get it to work, however not without help...   
    Rating: 2 out of 5   Date: 2006-05-17   
    The WRT300N works flawlessly "out of the box" in wired configuration. It does not work at all "out of the box" in wireless mode.

    Now, having made that harsh statement as if it would apply to e user in e case, some qualification is certainly in order.

    I unpacked the router and took extreme care to follow the setup instructions PRECISELY.

    I was connected to the internet the second I finished running the configuration utility from the installation CD - however the catch is that the setup utility has to be run with an ethernet cable connected.

    Once I removed the cable and tried to connect to the internet in wireless mode - the end of the line had arrived. There was no connection. Period.

    I could connect to the router via its built in config (HTTP) utility and I could ping the default gateway (in the router) however I could not get past that point.

    After a couple of hours of fruitless trial and error, I gave up and called Linksys tech support. You know what that means - you get to talk to a person who knows next to nothing about computers or routers. however, they do have their scripts to follow and if you are patient with them and endure the mindless, almost allly just plain useless instructions they give you and do not offend them, they will eventually let you talk to a Tier2person who actually does know something about routers.

    To end a long story with a quick summation, after reaching the aforementioned Tier2person, I learned that there are arcane, obscure settings buried deep within the router's config menus that you will never find without help (and even if you did find them by accident, there is no chance you would know what to do with them). After changing 5 of those settings, the wireless functionality magically worked and I was connected.

    The router is quick. My cable supplyr only grants me 8 megabit service and the router handles that with ease - wireless or wired.

    This would be a 4 or 5 star appliance if it arrived on your desktop with working settings. I doubt that anyone who is not a Linksys or Cisco Systems engineer will actually be able to get it to work in wireless mode without a call to Linksys tech support - unless those units manufactured more recently than mine (April 2006) are shipped with valid settings.

    Normal users can stop reading here, however for those who are interested in the technical details, here is a summary of the settings I had to modify in order to get the thing to work:

    Router web admin page - Applications & Gaming - QOS - Enable "WMM" and Enable "No Acknowledgement" (the factory default settings are "Not Enabled")

    Router Admin Page - Wireless - Advanced Wireless Settings - "Fragmentation Threshold" was changed to 2304. "RTS Threshold" was also changed to 2304. The "Beacon Interval" was reduced to 50 from its factory default value of 100.

    Here are a couple of sincere questions for you. Even if you are a "Power User" would it have occurred to you to check your Beacon, RTS and WMM settings, among others, when you realized that you did not have wireless connectivity? If you say "yes," would you really have known WHAT settings to replace the defaults with?

    Other than that, it's a really nice router.

    Summary: Does anyone know if this support bridge mode?   
    Rating: 3 out of 5   Date: 2006-05-11   
    I want to connect 2 building wirelessly and inexpensively.

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