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Linksys - WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router - 4 x 10/100/1000Base-TX LAN, 1 x 10/100/1000Base-TX WAN - IEEE 802.11n (draft)
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This thing is a beast . Hi Guys.
First off I do want to point out that Linksys/Cisco has updated the firmware on this badboy to address the overheating issues. They have also moved forward to supply a second revision to this router (V2) which deals better with these issues and also greatly extends range and throughput of signals.
Currently I am using this as a conduit for all my network activity. I work heavily with very large H264 encoded files so I need a very fat internal pipe to get this data back and fourth. With this thing I am getting 12MB/s throughput to a mac located on the other side of 18" thick firewalling.
I have never seen a stronger signal in my life when it comes to transmission rates. Internal rates are amazing as are the hard wire gigabit connections.
The only con I would say would be that this USB connection can not be used as a printer connection ( that I know of ) and the filesystem support for USB NETDISK support only allows for FAT32 partition. This FAT32 is really the standard for network mounts - I would just be happier seeing something like EXT3 support here or even MACOS support as I have all sorts of uses I will be throwing at this thing.
The only comperable router on the market is sold by mac for roughly the same price so make your comparisons before buying.
This thing is a beast . Hi Guys.
First off I do want to point out that Linksys/Cisco has updated the firmware on this badboy to address the overheating issues. They have also moved forward to supply a second revision to this router (V2) which deals better with these issues and also greatly extends range and throughput of signals.
Currently I am using this as a conduit for all my network activity. I work heavily with very large H264 encoded files so I need a very fat internal pipe to get this data back and fourth. With this thing I am getting 12MB/s throughput to a mac located on the other side of 18" thick firewalling.
I have never seen a stronger signal in my life when it comes to transmission rates. Internal rates are amazing as are the hard wire gigabit connections.
The only con I would say would be that this USB connection can not be used as a printer connection ( that I know of ) and the filesystem support for USB NETDISK support only allows for FAT32 partition. This FAT32 is really the standard for network mounts - I would just be happier seeing something like EXT3 support here or even MACOS support as I have all sorts of uses I will be throwing at this thing.
The only comperable router on the market is sold by mac for roughly the same price so make your comparisons before buying.
Cons Review
It doesnt looks like a Linksys product . I bought this router on last november, the startup was ok, i was replacing my old and great linksys wrt54gs, some minutes after using it, i lost all connections, when i check the router, i was very hot, and all the setup returns to factory default, i repeat al the setup process, but after some minutes it happens again.
On january Linksys published a firmware update, i applyed this firmware, the router starts working better, after 10 days all connections came out LAN and Wireless, the temperature of the router was ok, but all setup returns to factiry default. I contacted Linksys support and check that there is a lot of people with the same problem, Linksys support indicates that there is no estimation for a new firmware release, they give a ticket numbre to return and exchange my router, this would be ok if i am in the US and have access to return it to Amazon, since i am out the US i am feeling really bad bacause of a bad product delivered to the market.
So i will wait for the next firmware update, or DD_WRT that is working on an alternate firmware version.
On january Linksys published a firmware update, i applyed this firmware, the router starts working better, after 10 days all connections came out LAN and Wireless, the temperature of the router was ok, but all setup returns to factiry default. I contacted Linksys support and check that there is a lot of people with the same problem, Linksys support indicates that there is no estimation for a new firmware release, they give a ticket numbre to return and exchange my router, this would be ok if i am in the US and have access to return it to Amazon, since i am out the US i am feeling really bad bacause of a bad product delivered to the market.
So i will wait for the next firmware update, or DD_WRT that is working on an alternate firmware version.
Only lasted 11 months . I've been using this wireless router for about eleven months, but for the past two months it's been very unreliable.
When it runs, it does pretty well. Its range is much better than the wireless-G LinkSys router it replaced. With this router sitting on top of my desktop PC in a room on the second floor of our house, the signal picked up in the basement two floors away is usually 70%-80% strength. I don't have anything with a 5GHz adapter, so I can only comment on my experiences with the 2.4GHz freq radio.
This WRT610N would run fine for weeks at a time, and then for no reason, it would drop signal, (confirmed by none of the other three PCs in the house could detect its signal). Most times it would recover when I pulled out its power cord and let it reset itself, but sometimes it would not recover wireless capability for hours or days once it went dead. (The PC this router is sitting on is hard-wired to it, so I always had at least one PC using its Gigabit connectivity to my cable modem to the outside world). I experimented with other brand firmware, and also experimented with cooling it with a fan to see if this was heat-related, but I was never able to conclude what was causing the random signal drops. LinkSys tech support was not helpful, and the LinkSys web site forums only had postings from others with the same problem with this unit.
I was talking with my neighbor (who lives a few houses away) last week, and asked him about this router. He writes reviews professionally for data communications publications, (aka "he's a lot brighter than I am with wireless routers"). He told me he's been having identical problems with his personal WRT610N also, and he'd finally disposed of it and replaced it with a D-Link model (that I can't remember).
I'm not sure with which brand/model I'll replace this now-dead unit, but I don't think it'll be with another LinkSys-Cisco consumer wireless router.
Of course, as always, your mileage may vary.
When it runs, it does pretty well. Its range is much better than the wireless-G LinkSys router it replaced. With this router sitting on top of my desktop PC in a room on the second floor of our house, the signal picked up in the basement two floors away is usually 70%-80% strength. I don't have anything with a 5GHz adapter, so I can only comment on my experiences with the 2.4GHz freq radio.
This WRT610N would run fine for weeks at a time, and then for no reason, it would drop signal, (confirmed by none of the other three PCs in the house could detect its signal). Most times it would recover when I pulled out its power cord and let it reset itself, but sometimes it would not recover wireless capability for hours or days once it went dead. (The PC this router is sitting on is hard-wired to it, so I always had at least one PC using its Gigabit connectivity to my cable modem to the outside world). I experimented with other brand firmware, and also experimented with cooling it with a fan to see if this was heat-related, but I was never able to conclude what was causing the random signal drops. LinkSys tech support was not helpful, and the LinkSys web site forums only had postings from others with the same problem with this unit.
I was talking with my neighbor (who lives a few houses away) last week, and asked him about this router. He writes reviews professionally for data communications publications, (aka "he's a lot brighter than I am with wireless routers"). He told me he's been having identical problems with his personal WRT610N also, and he'd finally disposed of it and replaced it with a D-Link model (that I can't remember).
I'm not sure with which brand/model I'll replace this now-dead unit, but I don't think it'll be with another LinkSys-Cisco consumer wireless router.
Of course, as always, your mileage may vary.
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Feature Linksys - WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router - 4 x 10/100/1000Base-TX LAN, 1 x 10/100/1000Base-TX WAN - IEEE 802.11n (draft)
- Compact, internal antenna design
- Supports both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz Draft N simultaneously
- Network-attached storage functionality
- Runs cool as this product is concerned
- Supports Wi-Fi-Protected Setup
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Product Details
EAN : 0745883585229UPC : 745883585229
MPN : WRT610N-CA
Brand : Cisco
Weight : 3 pounds
Height : 3 inches
Length : 13 inches
Width : 11 inches
Binding : Electronics
Manufacturer : Linksys
Model : WRT610N-CA
Publisher : Linksys
Studio : Linksys
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