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Linksys WRT600N Linksys Ultra RangePlus Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link | 
 enlarge | Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
Buy New: $247.95
New (2) Used (1) Refurbished (2) from $169.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 891
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9.7 x 3.3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WRT600N
Model: WRT600N
UPC: 745883573134
EAN: 0745883573134
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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 |
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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)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 84 more reviews...
 Excellent - range, speed, secure and easy November 17, 2007
73 out of 80 found this review helpful
We want a router that covers the whole house, that is fast, and secure since my wife and I both access business information from home. I used to use 2 802.11b AP but still not satisfied and added power-line Ethernet
for the 6 computers we have. Selected WRT600N based on the reviews for range and 5.8GHz 802.11n.
I am very happy with the router that offers long range, good bandwidth and security. It is easy to set up after the initial confusion. Tech Support was helpful but could be better.
The 5.8GHz 802.11a radio is fast and cover the whole house (good size) with at least 2 bars. The 2.4GHz 802.11b/g radio covers the whole house with 5 bars. Both delivers good bandwidth to all 3 floors. On-line gaming is good :-)
My router came configured so EasyLink Advisor could not find it. I consider this a bug. Tech Support told me to connect the router to PC via wire and go to 192.168.1.1 with a browser, login (user name and password are on page 5 of the user guide) then it is easy from there. Here is a quick guide for wireless.
Tech Support wanted me to use WEP for security, I had to tell him I want WPA2 twice since WEP is unacceptable. He did warm me about bandwidth drop, but I only have a 3Mbps fiber connection at home so it is not a concern.
I could not get Tech Support to give me the user manual, it is available here http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1175237935014&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=3501429063B390&displaypage=nodata#versiondetail
The box came with EasyLink Advisor version 1.0. I was concerned with all the not-so-positive reviews about version 1.0 with WRT3xx. Downloaded version 1.6 but I did not need it.
Linksys might consider using screen shots with higher resolution for the user guide.
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G Band Killer! July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using Linksys (Now Cisco) products since the begining. My older G band was well beyound its life cycle. This router ROCKS, I get 6.0 MPS speed on my N band capable laptop, and am sustaining more connections. Haven't seen the range increase promissed, but it is more than adequate for my 1/3rd acre yard. I have recommended this router to my friends and co-workers
No complaints works great May 18, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
So far so good configured this router to be an access point rather than a true rounter on my home network. I have a 500GB drive attached to the USB port and works as well as can be expected for a USB device. Had no problems getting the disk sharing configured. I upgraded my Dell LAtitude D820 wiht an Intel 4965AGN internal adapter. The driver installed by default uner Vista was so so and the same version available at the Dell site but found an updated driver on Intel's site that improved the connection speed. I didn't attempt to utilize the linksys software to configure this device I just logged into the web interface and first set some basic security settings then did a littlw tweaking. So far everty thing is working great. I may tweak a few setting to see what if any changes I might see in performance. I purchased this for the dual band N support and the support for a networked shared disk access. I had a Belkin networked USB Hub but you couldn't connect to the disk from more than one remote system at a time. The access speed to the USB drive flies connected to the router in contrast to the crawling it did on the Belkin USB Hub. I also like the facxt that it utilized the standard SMB drive mapping built into the client OS to connect to the disk and doesn't require any special drivers, overhead. I am a systems administrator have worked with many routers and servers so barely took a quick glance at the manual to verify a couple of things. This was my first N setup and first dual band. While I wish the price was a bit lower considering it allows 24x7 secue access to my networked (USB) HD that can be attached to any of the systems on my home network it was not that big of an investment. If you have some netowking background and perhaps a little Windows Server and or SAMBA server background this is a very simple device to get up and running.
Excellent router April 19, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an excellent router and the software is great. It is a bit pricy but worth it.
EXCEPTIONAL! I just bought a 2nd one. February 9, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought my first WRT600N six months ago for my home office. I work in I.T. field from my home and cannot afford to be down or have network performance issues. The setup is very easy and I have no problems running small network with another 8-port gigabyte switch, four computers, three IP telephones, and a networked printer. VPN pass-through works without a hitch to corporate network. It never has failed even when my kids decide to run there networking demanding games on three of these computers. I am so pleased, I have decided to buy another WRT600N for cottage. I can highly recommend this router.
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