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Linksys WRT100 RangePlus Wireless G Broadband Router with MIMO Product By Linksys Available From 0 Sellers |
Technical Details
- Firewall - SPI
- Weight - 0.74 lbs
- Warranty - 1 year
- -- Wireless signals protected by wireless encryption, and your network protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall
Product Description
The RangePlus Wireless Router is really three devices in one box. First, there is the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There is also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.Similar Products
Customer Reviews
By J. Henderlite
This is an excellent wireless router - much better than the DLink unit I used to have or the 2-Wire integrated unit that I had with a previous DSL service provider. The coverage in my house is very good. There is one room in particular that I work in sometimes that the Dlink wouldn't work at all and the 2-Wire was hit-and-miss. The WRT100 comes through with very good or excellent connectivity. The Easy Link software that came with the router didn't work well but I downloaded a later version from Linksys and it worked very well. It gives you a graphical view of your network and correctly identified most of the devices on my network. You can print out your network configuration with all the IP addresses which should help putting it back together if you have a device fail or mysteriously quit talking like my HP network printer does occaisionally. The setup was very easy and I had everything up and running in very short order. All-in-all, great product!
By Ronald D. Farson (St. Louis, Mo.)
I spent a lot of time trying to get this to work on two different computers. It did not work and also screwed up my current network setup.
I have had trouble with other LinkSys routers in the past. Will never buy again.
By A. Lasam (Burbank, CA United States)
After 8 years using an old linksys B router, I dicided to upgrade to a faster wireless router. I choose the WRT100 because I was curious about the MIMO and it unoffically supported 80211n.
The setup up was very easy, took less than 5 minutes configuring the router's pppoe to connect to my ATT DSL.
Four laptops, macbook pro, macbook, dell inspiron 8200 running linux, and an old G4 powerbook, and one pc desktop, compaq pressario were all soon connected.
The range was very impressive and actually was able to pickup a strong signal from one block away. When using an n wifi card, the connection speed was about 70 as compared to a 54 when using a standard g wifi card. My macs have 80211n atheros cards and connected at speed greater than 54mbp at 70mbps. If you pair with a Linksys brand wifi card that supports mimo your speed would be much higher. My compaq desktop connected at 150mpbs.
When paired with the Linksys WUSB100 usb adapter on my compaq pc desktop, the connection speed was at 150mbps, much faster than a superG speed of 108mpb.
The WRT100 is actually the same unit as the newer WRT110. The internal circuitry is the same. Only difference is the updated outer casing. The firmware for the WRT110 can be used for the wrt100. I have updated the firmware of the wrt100 with the latest wrt110 firmware 104 which enables the "wifi protected setup" feature. Now the "reserved button" located on the top of the unit as a function and is enabled after updating to the 104 firmware. So now with the updated firmware, the WRT100 is now an actual WRT110!!!
I'm extremely satisfied with the WRT100, a fast and stable router.
By Capital One (Alpine, TX United States)
First one worked for 4 months then died. RMA'd it and received a re-manufactured unit 3 weeks later. The re-manufactured replacement unit was doa. Now sending the re-manufactured unit back for another RMA replacement and another 3 week wait. Would not buy the wrt100 again or recommend it to others.
By Robert Urban (Columbus, OH)
Before this Linksys, I owned a Belkin, which was a total pile of garbage. So to me, this is the best router ever built. Setup was fairly straightforward; they recommend that you use their CD installer, but you can configure it through the router's IP address instead (for more advanced users; details are in the owner's manual). I like that there is support for Wireless a/b/g and Wireless-N, and the signal strength is pretty strong all around the house. Whether this is because of the MIMO antenna or not, I'm not sure, but it seems to output a strong signal. I should mention that the first unit I purchased just magically stopped powering up, but I was able to return it back to the store for a new one, and I have had no problems since. I suspect that there was something wrong with the AC adapter. Other than this, I would recommend this router to anyone that wants Wireless-N at a reasonable price.
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